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In time to help guests set their New Year's resolutions for a healthier lifestyle, Royal Caribbean has announced a new smoking policy on board its ships, effective from January 2008. To bolster the cruise line's new Vitality wellbeing programme, which recently debuted on Liberty of the Seas, Royal Caribbean is increasing smoke-free zones by designating all staterooms and one lounge on each ship

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Check out the official images of the new Ocean Village Two or take a virtual tour. Step aboard and you'll soon find that the new ship is kitted out in true Ocean Village style with pools, jacuzzis, bars and restaurants aplenty and is fully geared up to visit some of the hottest destinations in the Med.

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Cruises are no longer just for older, rich people who want to wear a tux for dinner! The new generation of cruise lines are attracting a new, younger and informal crowd.Cruising is the fastest growing area of the UK travel market which means increasing numbers of first time cruisers. Many of these first time cruisers try a cruise and stay option - combining a land and sea based holiday. Cruises

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There are some remote corners of the world where the best, and often the only way to travel is by ship. Alaska is one such place. Alaska's sheer wilderness is breathtaking and you are sure to spot much of the native wildlife from brown bears to pods of humpback whales. The wildlife is the main attraction but Alaska has other faces too. Alaskan artitecture is reminiscent of the Gold Rush days and

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Cunard's longest serving ship, the QE2 is to cease ocean cruises and become a luxury floating hotel. Launched by the Queen in 1967 it is to be sold to a Dubai World Company in a £50 million deal. It will be berthed from 2009 at a specially constructed pier at the Palm Jumeriah development, the world's largest man-made island.

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CruiseCircle's photo gallery is a place where people can share their favourite memories of their cruise holiday. Uploading your photos is quick and easy using the Flickr photo sharing site. Click here to start uploading your photos.

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New superliner Ventura has attracted a fresh breed of passenger claims P&O. The average age of customers has dropped by 10 years and it has taken more bookings from customers new to P&O. Sailings for next year are now 50% sold. Don't miss out! Take a look at our special offers for Ventura.

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Last weekend in Marseille Costa celebrated the inauguration of its newest ship in extravagant style with a music, light and fireworks display. Costa Serena - sister ship to Costa Concordia and now co-holder of the title of Europe's largest cruise ship. Its name symbolizes harmony and serenity. It will feature the Samsara Spa, one of the largest wellness centres ever built on a cruise ship, over

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Celebrity Cruises has introduced an entirely new, deluxe cruise line brand - Azamara Cruises. Designed to offer exotic destination driven travel experiences Azamara Cruises which consists of Azamara Journey (set sail 5th May) and sister ship Azamara Quest which enters service in October will present a more intimate on board experience. It will allow access to less-travelled ports of call

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P&O Cruises recorded its best sales day ever when the new superliner Ventura went on general sale. The cruise line took 19,000 bookings on Monday 2nd April eclipsing its previous record of 7,000 when Oriana was launched. However P&O still has some way to go if it to fill its 90,000 capacity on offer in its first 12 months.

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The new games console sensation from Nintendo, the Wii (pronounced "Whee") will be available on all of Norwegian Cruise Line vessels from next month. The console which lets players act out the games and picks up their moves via a motion sensor will be displayed on huge screens in public areas. This will allow guests to gather and play against each other while others can watch.

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P&O Cruises will give its new superliner Ventura its own brochure due to the level of interest the launch has generated. It will be distributed to agents and will go on sale on 2nd April. It will offer a range of itineraries to established Mediterranean, Baltic and Canary ports. The brochure will offer early-booking discounts of up to 45%, free child place offers and free parking at Southampton.

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Carnival has launched its first new ship in nearly two years. The 2,974 - passenger Carnival Freedom set sail last week on a 9 day maiden voyage around the Mediterranean. From this week it will start sailing from Rome on 12-day cruises.The ship incudes an outdoor movie theater where passengers will be able to watch movies and concerts at night.

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The beauty of cruising from the UK is that passengers can drive to the departure port and avoid the hassles that the airport brings such as long delays and baggage restrictions. So called 'No Fly cruising' looks to become more attractive following extra security measures at airports and the recent threat of tax increases on air travel as the industry is forced to "go green".No Fly cruising has

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I recommend sailing on NCL's Norwegian Jewel. We departed from Miami for the Eastern Caribbean, stopping at San Juan, Antigua, St Thomas and the Bahamas. The ship not only had all the amenities that you would expect from a ship launched in August 2005 but we enjoyed the choice of dining at one of ten restaurants, each one being able to provide a table for two. The service throughout the ship was

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Royal Caribbean's third 160,000 ton Freedom class ship will cruise from Southampton for it's inaugural season in May 2008 the cruise line has announced. The Independence of the Seas will share the title of the world's largest cruise ship with its sister ships Freedom of the Seas and the soon-to-be launched Liberty of the Seas. It will be the largest ship ever to be home-ported in Europe and will

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