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Why SeaDream crew aren’t wearing masks – and why this ship is the first to sail in the Caribbean since the cruise industry shutdown

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on November 8, 2020November 17, 2020
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Line’s Executive Vice President answers criticism

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Want to escape lockdown Britain? SeaDream offers a transatlantic cruise from Portsmouth in October

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on September 24, 2020
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UK government still advises against ocean voyages

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Branson’s secret destination for Virgin Voyages revealed – it’s the Beach Club at Bimini in the Bahamas

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on February 14, 2019February 15, 2019
  • New ships

DJ Mark Ronson will perform at the resort

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First guests visit Norwegian’s ‘paradise island’

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on November 18, 2016
  • News

Harvest Caye opens

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P&O Cruises’ Azura rescues three fishermen adrift at sea for three days

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on December 1, 2014June 3, 2016
  • News

Three fishermen believed to have been adrift at sea for three days were rescued by the P&O Cruises ship Azura yesterday. The men – said to be ‘in poor physical condition’ – were picked up by […]

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MSC vows to treble number of British passengers in three years

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on July 2, 2014May 5, 2015
  • New ships

MSC aims to lure British passengers with new ships

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A Royal return: Kate’s Princess ship is coming back to Southampton next year

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on February 25, 2014May 5, 2015
  • News

Royal Princess – the ship launched by the Duchess of Cambridge last year – is returning to Southampton next spring and summer, it was announced tonight. The 3,600-passenger ship will return from the Caribbean in […]

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Cool Britannia – Saturday Kitchen star James Martin joins celebrity chefs for P&O Cruises’ new flagship

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on February 12, 2014January 1, 2018
  • News

Pictures, news and itineraries just released of P&O Cruises’ new ship, Britannia, with details of all its maiden season voyages next year

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Hate St Valentine’s? Miss the day entirely with P&O Cruises

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on January 13, 2014January 8, 2016
  • News

It’s the time of year when every holiday company, hotel and restaurant deluges travel journalists with St Valentine’s Day ideas. So it’s nice to receive something with a difference – a chance to miss the […]

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Many more cruise articles on metro.co.uk

  • by Dave Monk
  • Posted on September 11, 2013January 8, 2016
  • Cruise reviews

Before starting my shipmonk.co.uk blog, I wrote many articles for metro.co.uk – the website of the newspaper where I am deputy editor. I still occasionally do cruise stories in print and online for them. My […]

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