42 h. ago First look at Norwegian Aura, the brand’s largest cruise ship

Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest offering will feature five waterslides, a four-deck adventure area and a panoramic infinity pool

Politics

44 h. ago Coast Guard veteran arrested and hauled off cruise ship on his birthday in case of mistaken identity

Jose Martinez said the incident was ‘dehumanising’ after he was taken off the cruise ship and into a holding cell

Events

45 h. ago Inside 'cruise ship on land' hotel inspired by Titanic with seven pools

A quirky hotel that has taken inspiration from the Titanic and looks like a giant cruise ship isn't actually able to sail but it does have plenty of cool features for a family

Politics

64 h. ago US authorities storm Carnival cruise ship and arrest passenger

Jose Martinez said the incident was ‘dehumanising’ after he was taken off the cruise ship and into a holding cell

Events

4 d. ago Norovirus outbreak leaves almost 100 passengers sick aboard cruise ship

Passengers reported gastrointestinal symptoms during a round-trip from Fort Lauderdale

Science

4 d. ago Guinness and Johnnie Walker owner Diageo ‘could sell Chinese assets’

Reported move would be part of new CEO Dave Lewis’s streamlining of world’s largest spirits makerBusiness live – latest updatesDiageo’s new boss, Dave Lewis, has barely started in the role, and the maker of Guinness and Johnnie Walker is already reportedly considering selling off its Chinese assets to trim down its portfolio.The world’s largest spirits maker, whose other brands include Smirnoff vodka, Captain Morgan rum and Don Julio tequila, is working with Goldman Sachs and UBS to review its operations in China, where sales have been falling, according to Bloomberg News. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Inside the tiny cruise ship that holds just 12 passengers and sails around UK

Cruise ships seem to be getting bigger each year, often hosting thousands of guests on-board. If you like the idea of the cruise, but don't want to be one of many passengers, you can opt for a mini cruise ship where you'll no doubt end up on first name terms with the other guests

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8 d. ago 'I was one of the first on board Celebrity Cruises' new ship and found its biggest secret'

The Celebrity Xcel is the latest addition to the Celebrity Cruises fleet, and our writer Deborah Peters joined the ship's maiden cruise to sample the delights on board

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8 d. ago ‘I got a first look at 2026’s newest cruise ship and found its hidden secret on board’

Writer Deborah Peters was one of the first to set sail on Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship, and discovered endless extravagant eating and entertainment options to explore

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9 d. ago ‘It’s cheaper than London’: meet the people who live on a cruise ship

‘It’s cheaper than London’: meet the people who live on a cruise ship  The Times

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1 week ago 'I've been on 50 cruises but would never buy five things on a ship'

Travel expert Megan duBois has spent more than 15 years sailing the seas on different cruise lines but says there was five key ways she keeps costs down

Politics

1 week ago UK tourists stuck on P&O cruise ship in Caribbean after Donald Trump's strike on Venezuela

'The feeling on the ship is not great'

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1 week ago Cruise ship carrying Brits circling Barbados over and over after Trump Venezuela raid

A cruise ship carrying British tourists and circling Barbados has been left "in limbo" after Donald Trump dramatically invaded Venezuela to remove leader Nicolas Maduro.

Politics

1 week ago Furious Brits stuck in Caribbean crusie 'limbo' after Trump's bomb attack

Brits are among holidaymakers stranded off the coast of Barbados on a cruise ship following Donald Trump's military action again Venezuela

Events

2 w. ago ‘This is business as usual’: boss of bombed Ukrainian vodka maker seeks to expand exports

Nemiroff says products still reaching UK chains such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco despite production difficultiesBusinesses in Ukraine are “not sitting and waiting for the war to end” and are working to expand despite bombs hitting shipments out of the country, according to a leading vodka exporter to the UK.Yuriy Sorochynskyi, the chief executive of Ukraine’s largest spirits export brand, Nemiroff vodka, has said its products have continued to flow to big chains including Tesco and Sainsbury’s as it copes with the harsh realities of almost four years of war. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago I live on a cruise ship – yes, the crew sleep with each other, but here’s the big mistake that’ll get employees fired

A WOMAN who lives on a cruise ship has addressed the common misconceptions many people have. Megan McGuinness, who lives with her husband on a ship and does not have a full-time job, revealed that staff will often sleep with each other onboard. Not only this, but she also shared the huge mistake that would...

Society

2 w. ago Woman, 77, falls off cruise ship and feared dead as authorities call off search

The 77-year-old woman is feared dead after she fell overboard from a cruise ship that was sailing off the coast of Cuba, the US Coast Guard has said. She was aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship, Nieuw Statendam

Events

2 w. ago Frantic hunt for woman who fell off cruise ship sailing from Florida

The woman fell off a Holland America cruise ship on Thursday while on a seven-day excursion around the Caribbean. Officials have launched a search by sea and air.

Politics

2 w. ago Dry Cleaning: Secret Love review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(4AD)The standout act in the sprechgesang wave, the four-piece’s newly expansive sound carries singer Florence Shaw’s distinctive tales of mundane lives spiralling out of controlDry Cleaning’s third album features a lot of strikingly odd lyrics. Take your pick from “alien offshoot mushroom, going the gym to get slim”; “my dream house is a negative space of rock”; or, indeed, “when I was a child I wanted to be a horse, eating onions, carrots, celery”. But it’s an ostensibly more straightforward line, from Cruise Ship Designer, that seems destined to attract the most attention. “I make sure there are hidden messages in my work,” says vocalist Florence Shaw as the track draws to a conclusion, the muscular guitar riff that’s driven it along devolving into a janky, trebly scrabble.Initially, the lyric appears to characterise what Dry Cleaning do, and Shaw in particular. From the moment they first appeared with the 2018 EP Sweet Princess, the south London quartet have attracted adjectives...

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2 w. ago Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships

A federal appeals court is blocking Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ship passengers

Society