Luxury cruise

Windstar expands hotel partnership to boost French Polynesia product offering

Windstar guests can now book two-night stays at The Brando, which has 35 private villas overlooking a five-mile-wide lagoon, in French Polynesia

Sailing to success on the TTG Luxury Journey with Silversea

Five travel advisors hopped onboard Silver Moon for an ultra-luxury Silversea cruise from Athens to Istanbul on the first-ever ocean-bound TTG Luxury Journey

More than 150 Travel Counsellors celebrate their best-ever sales month

Cruise bookings now represent nearly 15% of all leisure sales at Travel Counsellors

Star Clippers to homeport in Grenada during 2025/26 winter season

Line will station one of its vessels in the Caribbean during winter 2025/26

TTG Luxury award winner's cruise sector diversity project moves to next level

Founder of The Compass Project Edwina Lonsdale is preparing to add a Southampton school into the project

Celebrity regional sales manager Peter Ryan to join Azamara

Ryan brings more than 25 years’ industry to his new role with Azamara, most recently as regional sales manager at Celebrity Cruises

Luxury cruise brand launches for over-55 solo female travellers

The luxury cruise brand offers ’Fully Hosted Journeys’ specifically for mature women travelling solo.

Explora Journeys chief executive to leave line after five years

Michael Ungerer to depart for personal reasons, but will advise the brand through to the end of August

TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2024 winners revealed at record-breaking event

The best in luxury travel were celebrated in a glittering ceremony at Raffles London at The OWO, one of London’s newest hotels

APT to launch two new ultra-luxury river ships next year

Solara and Ostara will sail some of APT’s most popular European itineraries, starting in March next year

APT's Koral Lipton joins Explora Journeys trade sales team

Lipton will look after agents in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Silversea celebrates float out of second Nova-class ship Silver Ray

Silversea Cruises’ second Nova-class ship is set for a Mediterranean launch this summer

APT to charter two Seabourn expedition vessels next year

APT will sail Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit to the UK, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, the Kimberley and Antarctica

Explora Journeys aims to ‘expand cruise market’ as line targets land-based luxury travellers

Explora Journeys to convert cruise skeptics as it launches its second luxury ship

Search under way for new Four Seasons Yachts chief as Larry Pimentel departs

Larry Pimentel and Philip Levine have vacated their roles at the luxury hotel chain Four Seasons’ cruise division 17 months after launching it

Cruise industry innovator and visionary Paul Mundy dies

Paul Mundy made waves in the UK cruise sector, setting up this country’s first cruise-only travel agency in 1970

The Cruise Line hires industry veteran to help drive 'ambitious evolution'

Former Cruise Direction owner Paul Frost joins The Cruise Line following a record month for the Sussex agency

Cunard to invite 600 agents onto ships in 2024

Hundreds of agent places are available on ship visits on Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and soon-to-launch Queen Anne this year

Panache Cruises promotes Anna Perrott to partnerships director

Anna Perrott joined Panache Cruises at the start of 2023 having previously held roles at Windstar Cruises and Travelbag

Silversea promotes industry veteran Massimo Brancaleoni to expanded sales role

Brancaleoni, who joined Silversea as senior vice-president, global sales in January 2023, has been named senior vice-president, global sales and revenue

Regent Seven Seas to grow trade team as it launches partner programme

Regent Elevate is designed to ‘empower’ travel agents across the globe, with educational courses; sales and marketing tools; and promotional offers

Cruise Nation recruits industry veteran to help boost service levels

Helen Moore joined the Swansea-based call centre agency last month after 27 years at Bolsover Cruise Club

The Big Question: Should the cruise sector shout about lower prices?

A sure-fire way to attract cruisers is to market lower prices – but what impact does this have further down the line?

Cruise app founder lays out ambitious 2024 plans

Co-founder Sefton Monk reveals ambitions for My Kind of Cruise to become the “biggest cruise retailer in the world” with around 31,500 users that are new to cruise