I've been Promoted!

Dear all,

Just to to let you know that I have been promoted here at Cruise.co.uk and have now joined the Marketing team as a Product Manager. Exciting times and obviously I will still be around, but you may be thinking now....'who is going to look after me?’ No need to worry, there are people here as good as me who take just as much pride in looking after their customers. After 5 years, I have had the pleasure of organising lots of cruises and I have emailed all my customers and sent a letter to introduce colleagues who I have asked to look after you. The volume of bookings has meant that I have shared them out to ensure the best possible customer service.

Please refer to the Cruise Consultant assigned to you on your email/letter, but just in case....

Eve Clark - 0800 408 6080 email evec@cruise.co.uk  blog http://www.allaboardwitheve.blogspot.com/
Emma Davis - 0800 408 6129 email  emmad@cruise.co.uk blog http://www.emmaoncruise.blogspot.com/
Francis Jones - 0800 408 6081 email francisj@cruise.co.uk blog http://www.followfrancis.blogspot.com/
Mark Grimes - 0800 408 6125 email markg@cruise.co.uk blog http://www.marksmaritime.blogspot.com/
Simon Kirkby - 0800 408 6147 email simonk@cruise.co.uk blog  http://www.simonsshiptalk.blogspot.com/

Finally, thank you for making it so enjoyable in booking cruises over the last 5 years, but as one door closes, another one opens.

Happy Cruising.


Thanks again.


Tina

New Zealand Earth Quake - Cruise Ship Update

Only last year I was telling you all about the devastating earth quake that had hit Haiti. Just over a year on and yes another earth quake has struck leaving more devastation in its path. Not to the scale of Haiti but still big enough to have killed and injured many people in New Zealand.

Celebrity thrive with Soltice class ships.

When people ask me for a recommendation I have absolutely no worries about telling them about the Celebrity Solstice class ships.

The first time I saw the Solstice was when she was still in the German dock having the finishing touches put on, I was very privileged to be invited for a sneaky peek at Celebrity's long awaited new class of ship. On boarding her I knew straight away they had managed to do what they had promised all along, produced a 5* ship that would have the WOW factor.

Who is your top cruise companion!

We all know it is never going to happen but a little day dreaming never hurt anybody, and I am pretty sure I'm not alone when I sometimes think how lovely it would be to take my dream companion away on a cruise!

Well in a recent survey I am not alone as Leonardo Di Caprio was crowned top cruise companion among British Cruisers! Not a bad choice actually he would definitely rank in my top 5!

Our Christmas Party! Better Late Then Never!

Well we are all feeling a little delicate here at cruise.co.uk today as we were out last night on our Christmas party!

Yes you read that right, it was re scheduled as the first one was cancelled due to the heavy snow we had here in the Midlands just before Christmas!

Egypt Travel Advice!

Well unfortunately its more bad news for potential travellers, Cruising or otherwise!

As I am sure you all watch the news, the trouble in Egypt is causing travel chaos for many people, the violent scenes are scary to watch, so understandably the foreign office are now advising of only essential travel to areas such as Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.

For the full details please follow the link: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/egypt

Singles Finally Get Noticed!

Over the last few years cruise lines have all begun to realise that by not offering any single cabins to solo travellers they are driving away many keen cruisers!

Anybody Fancy A Bit of Role Reversal?

Ever wanted to see first hand how hard the crew work??

Well Costa have come up with an idea called ' Visa Versa ' that is going to give their loyal passengers who are members of the Costa Club the chance to experience being a crew member for real!

Fuel Prices! How High Will They Go?

Fuel!!!!! It has to be the worst word around at the moment! It is affecting us all whether your filling your car up or looking at booking your cruise!

I went to fill my car up this morning and was horrified to see that unleaded is £1.26 a litre! I remember a few years ago when petrol was going up and the whole country went into uproar that fuel was going to cost £1 a litre...