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Our Culinary Corner recipes have brought you many a signature dish in the last few months. This one, a Cunard breakfast favourite, is by popular demand. It’s best prepared in advance, so although not quite as simple as ordering breakfast in bed on board, it’ll set you up for a…

The UK Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the UK shipping industry, has released details of a new Framework designed to pave the way for a return to cruising. The association has worked closely with the cruise industry for over six months developing new Framework documents for cruise ship…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ brand new World Cruise aboard its new ship Borealis has gone on sale, giving cruisers the opportunity to set sail from either Liverpool or Southampton in January 2022. Borealis’ S2202 ‘Around the World’ sailing, which will include transits of both the Suez and Panama Canals, visits to America, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea,…

The latest addition to Saga’s ocean cruise fleet, Spirit of Adventure, was officially handed over today in Emden, Germany, by shipbuilder Meyer Werft. Spirit of Adventure is Saga’s second purpose-built boutique cruise ship, joining Spirit of Discovery which became part of the Saga Cruise fleet in July 2019. Spirit of…

Have you heard the one about the cruising cockatoo? Or the one with Ed Sheeran and the windowless crew cabin? In the name of brightening a grey day on the rollercoaster that is life in times of Coronavirus (aka the Coronacoaster) here are three cruise news stories that prove stranger…

In the week we went back to our roots to launch Shore Stays, there can be no better time to share our interview with Derek Wilson, the man who helped create Bolsover Cruise Club – or Bolsover Travel, as it was originally known – all those years ago. Read on…

With the stats continuing to stack up, we’re all taking sustainability seriously and that includes the cruise industry. At a time when the likes of David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg are shining a spotlight on climate change, both river and ocean cruise lines are reassessing the ways we can all…

We interviewed Seabourn Senior Manager of Expedition Operations & Planning Robin West to talk all things Seabourn and cruising Antarctica. With Seabourn already leading the way for luxury cruising in Antarctica, and now with voyages sailing to Alaska there are exciting times ahead for Seabourn. Being tasked with planning and…

Shortly after Holland America Line last night confirmed it is to sell four ships, Fred Olsen has confirmed it has purchased Amsterdam and Rotterdam from the cruise line.  The vessels will be renamed MS Bolette and MS Borealis, with the purchases coming as Fred Olsen looks to modernise its fleet. …

Hello, As Managing Director of Bolsover Cruise Club, the past four months have been both unprecedented but also remarkable as my team have grappled with the unfolding events of this once in a lifetime crisis. As we reach, what to me now seems a mid-point in this defined period of…