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UK leads the way as record six million Europeans cruised in 2012

13 March 2013

A record 6 million Europeans cruised in 2012, doubling the cruise market in just eight years, with UK cruisers leading the field. More...
British cruise ports continue to grow and passenger numbers surge by 11%

12 March 2013

More passengers than ever before are visiting Great Britain through the country’s 52 cruise ports, according to figures released today by CruiseBritain. More...
UK river cruise bookings hit the heights too

04 March 2013

British cruisers took the rivers by storm in 2012, with numbers soaring 14 per cent to 130,000, according to the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA). More...
UK cruising continues to break records and there’s better to come

04 March 2013

Anyone who doubted that the British cruise boom would survive the economic downturn will think again after the release of figures today showing record UK cruise ports and passenger numbers in 2012. More...
Bill Gibbons retires as Director of the Passenger Shipping Association

04 March 2013

After 19 years witnessing cruising soar in popularity, Bill Gibbons is retirng as the Director of the the Passenger Shipping Association. More...
Cruise industry bodies combine to create global tade association

18 December 2012

Nine cruise industry associations have agreed to operate under a common organisation with a unified structure to serve as the voice and advocacy leader of the global cruise industry. More...
1.72 million Brits cruise in 2012 and the number keeps on rising

06 November 2012

An estimated that 1.72 million Britons will have taken an ocean cruise by the end of this year - up 20,000 on the figure achieved in 2011. More...
Global cruise industry announces latest safety policy

21 September 2012

The cruise industry has beefed up its safety policy regarding the loading of lifeboats by crew members for training purposes, with immediate effect. More...
A record 20 million people around the world took a cruise in 2011

12 September 2012

The number of people around the world who took a cruise holiday grew 10 per cent to top 20 million for the first time in 2011. More...
Sydney and New York tie for top place as our favourite cruise ports

12 September 2012

Two of the world’s iconic cruise destinations, Sydney and New York, are revealed as this year’s favourite cruise ports in a new “Greatest Journey” survey, published to mark National Cruise Week (September 15-23). More...