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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Emily Caruso
      View from the deck: rising sea levels up close

      An expedition yacht skipper witnesses the effects of climate change on communities in the Pacific and Arctic

      Boat sailing on the Arctic with icebergs in the background
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Lex
      Tourism: cruises remain in control despite local laments Premium content

      Environmentally cleaner vessels and popularity with holidaymakers mean companies can push back against protests

      A couple sit and watch the Spirit of Adventure cruise past
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      French economy
      French statistics office sinks myth of a cruise ship’s economic rescue

      Delivery of €1bn-plus vessel was widely credited with stronger than expected economic growth in the second quarter

      The MSC Euribia cruise ship sets sail from Amsterdam to Copenhagen
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Hedge funds
      Hedge funds lose $6bn betting against cruise lines and hotels

      Shares in Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Airbnb have surged as consumers keep spending

      Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas cruise ship docked in Miami
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Join the jetty set: four of New York’s best sailing clubs

      From novices to skippers, here’s where to hoist the mainsail and take in NYC’s sights, skyline and sunsets on the water

      Four boats from the Hudson River Community Sailing group on the water off Manhattan, with the city skyline in the background
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Travelista
      Four sensational escapes to the sea

      From Greek boats to Sicilian bays, the water’s where it’s at 

      Calette Reef Restaurant
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      FT SeriesSix of the best summer boating adventures
      What does it take to race in the Fastnet?

      An amateur sailor shares his journey to the start line

      David Collins’s Botin-designed 52-footer Tala was the top British finisher in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race
    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Joy Lo Dico
      How far would you go in pursuit of happiness?

      Some people, it seems, would gladly spend three years on a cruise ship

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Travel & leisure industry
      Cruise ships desert China as Beijing reaffirms zero-Covid commitment

      Asia-Pacific travellers accounted for up to a fifth of companies’ global revenue before pandemic

      A cruise ship docked in Hokg Kong
    • Monday, 26 September, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Magical sailing destinations near Rome

      Embark on these mini-voyages off the Roman coast to islands steeped in myth

      Aerial view of a turquoise-water bay dotted with small boats on Isola del Giglio
    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      HTSI
      Life on the edge: five days in the Faroes

      A trip to one of the world’s smallest – and most extreme – nations

      The island of Kalsoy, north-east of the Faroes
    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
      House & Home
      The condo yacht, a home that makes waves

      A spate of new projects for residential cruise ships reveals as many hurdles as benefits

      A design rendering of Somnio, due to launch in 2024, costing €500m
    • Sunday, 1 August, 2021
      Virgin Group Ltd
      Virgin cruise ship set for debut after investors keep it afloat

      The €600m Scarlet Lady will feature immersive theatre, a tattoo parlour and a sexologist on its adult-only trips

    • Friday, 26 February, 2021
      Cruise operators see brighter horizon as vaccines spur bookings

      Stricken industry has been ravaged by pandemic with losses soaring in third quarter

    • Friday, 22 January, 2021
      Carnival Corp
      Carnival extends cruise suspensions and cancellations

      World’s largest operator cancels European and Australian sailings and pushes back US restart

    • Monday, 7 December, 2020
      Victor Mallet
      French cult of adventure under sail undimmed by pandemic

      Vendée Globe contest pits lone skippers against one another in a race around the globe

    • Friday, 16 October, 2020
      UK tax
      British boats thrown lifeline over double VAT after Brexit

      Leeway on tax rules that would leave UK-owned yachts moored in EU waters with extra bill after transition

    • Sunday, 2 August, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Covid-19 outbreak hits Arctic expedition cruise

      Fears over region’s health capacity after 36 staff and four passengers from Norwegian ships test positive

      The MS Roald Amundsen in port in Tromso, northern Norway, on Saturday
    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      The best of TV and streaming this week
      Billion Pound Cruises on ITV investigates the cost of coronavirus on the cruise industry

      The documentary explores how infection rapidly spread across liners and turned dream trips into floating nightmares

      From Title Role Productions
									
									BILLION POUND CRUISES:  ALL AT SEA
									Thursday 2nd July 2020 on ITV 
									
									Pictured : Zaandam Cruise Ship
									
									A NEW documentary for ITV tells the story of how the biggest global crisis in living memory brought the £120 billion pound lucrative cruise industry to its knees and 100s of ships around the world to a standstill across 6 extraordinary weeks.
									
									The documentary will explore the role of cruise ships and the spread of the virus and ask if the well-being of passengers and crew was always put first. With personal insights from passengersÕ onboard ships living through the unfolding crisis along with renowned experts, the film forensically unpacks the events across 6 critical weeks that led to the dream cruise holidays turning into floating horror stories.
									
									The cruising industry has sky-rocketed to over a £100 billion business the last few years with 30 million people taking to the seas in 2019. Now, in a short space of time, this travel industry heavyweight has been brought to its knees.  For the first time in history, the whole of the cruising industry has ground to a halt.  With ships and passengers stranded at sea, rows of liners moored in ports with nowhere to go and routes cancelled.  
									
									We tell the inside story from David and Sally Abel. Enjoying their luxurious cruise around the South China sea when disaster struck on the Diamond Princess.  With personal footage we get to the heart of the drama as both husband and wife end up contracting the virus with David becoming seriously ill in hospital.
									
									Ian and Morvin Rae were on a cruise around South America as the virus spread across the world.  They quickly went from enjoying the holiday of a lifetime to being refused entry to ports and confined to their cabins. 
									
									Elisa McCafferty continued with her cruise around Australia and New Zealand after being told that she couldnÕt cancel her holiday.  Along with her husband, she took her elderly parents on the cruise as the world was going into lockdown.  After being refused entry to New Zealand, the Ruby Princess sailed back to Sydney in Australia and allowed all their passengers to disembark. Subsequently hundreds of passengers caught the virus with some dying. There is now a criminal investigation into the matter by New South Wales police.
									
									(c) Outliers Overland
									
									For further information please contact Peter Gray
									0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com  
									
									This photograph is © Outliers Overland and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the  programme BILLION POUND CRUISES:  ALL AT SEA or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website https://www.itv.com/presscentre/itvpictures/terms
    • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
      HTSI
      Escape Special: how to set sail this summer

      Want to take to the water this season? These boltholes will buoy you up

      Borgo Santo Pietro’s yacht Satori
    • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Coronavirus: is this the end of the line for cruise ships?

      Operators aim to rebuild trust with health measures but still face calls to improve conditions for their crews

    • Monday, 6 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Virus hampers repatriation of 4,000 crew on cruise ships off UK

      Many of the seafarers are citizens of India, which has imposed tight restrictions on travel into the country

      The Queen Victoria cruise ship on the river Itchen, Southampton
    • Saturday, 4 April, 2020
      HTSI
      Prada sets sail on a new course

      This year sees Prada launch its fifth challenge for the America’s Cup, and pouring multi-millions into the cause. But there’s more at stake than winning the trophy

      The Prada Luna Rossa in full flight as the team trains for the 36th America’s Cup
    • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
      LexCoronavirus
      Carnival/rescue financing: any port in a storm Premium content

      At the right price, even the most troubled companies have lifelines available

      Carnival’s fleet, which includes the ‘Carnival Spirit’, is  valued on its balance sheet at nearly $40bn
    • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
      LexTravel & leisure industry
      Coronavirus/cruise lines: battening down Premium content

      The industry has voluntarily suspended sailings for a month but that could be extended

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