Seatrade Insider reports that Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines‘ Braemar will be lengthened by Blohm + Voss in May and June 2008.
According to the article, a 31.2m section will be added, increasing the ship’s capacity by 250 and adding addition balcony suites, a new restaurant, a British pub, an Observatory Lounge and a second swimming pool.
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Entries from June 2007
Friday, 29 June 2007
Olsen to Lengthen Braemar
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Offbeat Ships at Cruise Critic
This week was “Offbeat Ships Week” at Cruise Critic.
So far it’s featured my review of Marco Polo, Ted Scull’s review of Saga Rose and Greg Straub’s review of Star Clipper.
Update 29 Jun: And today Dan Benedict’s review of Discovery.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Ben Lyons on QE2’s Retirement
Today Cruise Critic ran a great article by my friend Ben Lyons, a QM2 deck officer and one of the biggest QE2 fans I know, on that ship’s impending retirement.
Click here to read the article.
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Costa Expands to Mauritius
Lately Costa Cruises, Europe’s largest cruise line and arguably the world’s most international, has been sailing into one new market after another. Last year the company began deployments from Dubai and China (Beijing and Shanghai). Now in the 2007-2008 winter season, Costa Marina will be positioned in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, leaving every Saturday [...]
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
John Heald Interviews Carol Marlow
Carnival Cruise Lines‘ senior cruise director John Heald featured an interview with Cunard president and managing director Carol Marlow in his blog on Monday.
A key quote about the recently-announced retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2:
“…it was certainly a poignant day last Monday, but we all knew it would come one day and I and my colleagues [...]
