Kerry Spencer

1 week ago | cruisecritic.com | Kerry Spencer

(5:30 a.m. ET) – Mexican authorities have slashed the forthcoming Non-Resident Duty (DNR) tax for cruise passengers to $5 (USD) per person — set to come into force from July 1, 2025. This is vastly less than the $42 per passenger fee initially billed by the Mexican government in December 2024. The tax was due to be implemented on January 1, 2025 following a bill passed in November 2024 that saw the country’s National Senate approve the tax following a 80-37 vote.

2 weeks ago | cruisecritic.com | Kerry Spencer

The capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast is known as the home of Titanic Belfast, a museum at the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard where the ill-fated liner was constructed. But did you know you can embark on cruises from Belfast, too? Belfast’s cruise season runs from April to November with a raft of cruise lines that also visit this historic British Isles port.

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Kerry Spencer

I’m woken sharply around 7.30am on my first morning at Riad Mokhtar, moments from Tangier’s labyrinth kasbah. I don’t mind the wake-up call. Though it’s not from reception downstairs, it’s courtesy of the throngs of squawking sparrows in the riad’s courtyard of orange trees outside my second-floor room.

1 month ago | cruisecritic.com | Kerry Spencer

Norwegian Sky (Photo: NCL) Norwegian Sky (Photo: NCL)[5 a.m. ET] — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has announced two Norwegian Cruise Line ships, Norwegian Sky and Norwegian Sun, will be chartered to Cordelia Cruises in India from 2026 and 2027, respectively. The Sun-class vessels are two of Norwegian's oldest, with Norwegian Sky built in 2004 and Norwegian Sun built in 2001. The deal is part of a long-term charter agreement that includes the option to purchase the ships.

1 month ago | travelandleisureasia.com | Kerry Spencer

“Keep up, mummy,” bellowed Sebastian, my fearless five-year-old, as he and my husband, Eamonn, descended into a crypt under Antwerp’s cathedral. A shiver crept up my spine as I stood among the crumbling tombs, so I returned to the ground floor to gaze at the Baroque masterpieces by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. The three of us reconvened at the cathedral’s bar and bistro, De Plek, which serves its own brews, with names like Aurora and Memento Mori.