.cunardline flagship Queen Mary 2 has arrived in New York carrying the Eternal Flame, which has been burning since November 11, 1923, on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, to help mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.

.cunardline ship Queen Victoria is being kept in Barcelona for three nights next month to replace a seal on a propeller shaft. This means calls to Ajaccio on June 20 and Messina on June 22 will be cancelled. Guests will be offered onboard credit as a gesture of goodwill.

Guess who’s in my Cruise Trade News article on younger cruisers? Thanks for the quotes, EmmaCruises ⚓️ ☺️

Read my report into how cruising is attracting a younger market in the latest issue of Cruise Trade News

Andrea Bocelli, Craig Charles and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic join the naming ceremony for Cunard's new Queen Anne

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Broadcaster Roman Kemp made a surprise appearance at Goat Lees Primary School in Ashford, Kent, to announce that Miss Emma Chapman's class had won The Ultimate School Trip with Disney Cruise Line - a four-night UK sailing on Disney Dream in August.

Newest Oceania Cruises ship Allura is entering service a week earlier than planned. The inaugural sailing will now leave Trieste, Italy, on July 18, 2025, cruising six days to Athens, Greece. The line is also offering a four-day voyage roundtrip from New York in September 2025.

Villa Vie Odyssey in dry dock in Belfast

Walking through Belfast’s maritime history - the Titanic museum, the Thompson dry dock from which she sailed and the Samson and Goliath cranes of Harland & Wolff #titanic

Yesterday I was getting under the skin (and the hull) of new residential ship Villa Vie Odyssey - the former Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Braemar - in Belfast. Click on the link to read my piece for The Telegraph (subscription may be required):

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Views of St Paul’s and The Globe as we left the Sailawaze awards tonight

Congratulations to all the winners at the Sailawaze awards tonight - I was particularly pleased to see Ken Grant from The Majestic Line among those recognised in the sustainability category.

At the Sailawaze awards in London

Just weeks after acquiring river vessels of bankrupt American Queen Voyages, American Cruise Lines confirmed it's scrapping American Countess + American Duchess, and evaluating options for American Queen + American Empress. Analysis/reaction here #cruisenews seatrade-cruise.com/ship-operation…

Fancy unlimited cruising for the rest of your life? Well, for $299,999 - or $499,999 for a double cabin - that's what you can do on the residential ship Villa Vie Odyssey, which is due to begin a continual world cruise, circling the globe every 3.5 years, from Belfast on May 30.

.Celebrity Cruises ship Celebrity Apex has arrived in Southampton ahead of her debut season from the port as the first Edge-class ship to call the UK home. She will start her European season with an eight-night Norwegian Fjords cruise.

.Silversea has taken delivery of its second Nova-class ship, Silver Ray, two days ahead of schedule in Eemshaven, The Netherlands. I'm looking forward to sailing on her next month, ahead of the maiden voyage from Lisbon on June 15.

Duck tours in Rotterdam, as seen on an excursion from A-Rosa Sena

Eating a hot stroopwafel in Rotterdam on an excursion from A-Rosa Sena

New and old in Rotterdam, as seen on an excursion from A-Rosa Sena