The ‘Jane McDonald effect’ helps boost UK and Irish cruise passenger numbers above 2million
Social media and millennials are also making it more mainstream, say industry chiefs
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Sir Richard Branson wants to show off his new Virgin Voyages ship Scarlet Lady in Southampton
Tycoon mulls over UK debut
Caribbean Princess to have multi-million-pound refit before UK season
New children’s and teen clubs to be introduced
Record 1.9million holidaymakers from UK and Ireland took ocean cruise in 2016
Figure due to break 2million this year
Princess Cruises announces record number of sailings from UK for 2018
Sapphire in Southampton, Royal to do round-Britain trips
Norwegian Cruise Line to sail from Britain again next year
A record five ships in Europe in 2017
Many more cruise articles on metro.co.uk
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British cruise passengers set new records
Britain remains a nation of cruise addicts despite the Costa Concordia tragedy, new figures reveal. More than 1,700,000 took a holiday at sea last year – and more than half of those went on two […]