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Ocean of opportunity: Navigating a diverse cruise market

Caribbean
Tom Parry
7 September 2021

As a summer of UK seacations draws to a close, a return to international cruising beckons with itineraries already on sale for the years ahead. Tom Parry hears how agents are navigating the opportunities.

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After what felt like a drought in ocean cruising during a year-long, Covid-enforced shutdown, the floodgates were flung open this summer as ships took to the water once more.

Now, as the UK’s first “seacation” season gives way to an autumn of ex-UK international itineraries, and with lines racing to open bookings for 2023 and even 2024, agents have been left to navigate a curiously diverse market, starting this month.