Cruise Ships news


Harbour liner berth cost rises by £100m. in a year

ESTIMATES of the cost of building a cruise liner berth in St Peter Port Harbour have risen by more than £100m. in just a year.


The few shops that open for cruise passengers do little trade

JUST a handful of shops opened yesterday, leaving nearly 4,000 cruise ship tourists with nothing to do.


Sunday shop law a risk to cruise ship visits

GUERNSEY should do more to cash in on cruise ship tourism, according to Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor in chief of Cruisecritic.com.


Cruise ship a sign of summer, but stormy waters lie ahead

AS THE saying goes, one swallow doesn’t make a summer and nor, in a Sark context, does the sight of half a dozen horse-drawn carriages coming down The Avenue necessarily mean that we’re in for a bumper tourist season.


Escape from cruise ship

A RETIRED local couple yesterday described the terror of being trapped on a cruise liner that was ‘lifted up’ after crashing into a jetty.


Cruising towards a record

NEARLY 29,000 passengers from cruise ships have visited Guernsey in what looks set to be a record-breaking year.


Strawberry Farm – it’s new tenant or closure

A TOURIST attraction is set to close unless a new tenant can be found.


Two restaurants keep festival spirit alive

RAIN in the morning stopped most restaurants taking part in the second day of the Pollet Food Festival.

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