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What’s new in cruising: From a $2.5m suite to the rise of hotel yachts

What’s new in cruising: From a $2.5m suite to the rise of hotel yachts

Cruising is livelier, more varied and more interesting than ever before. We delve into the best trends and latest happenings.

Aranui 5 at Rapa in the Austral Islands . Aranui & Lionel Gourverneur

Brian JohnstonTravel writer

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Cruise demand for 2024 has been hot. Cruise Lines International Association estimates 35.7 million passengers will cruise this year, a handsome increase of 13 per cent over 2023. And with the range of destinations expanding, and the ways we cruise evolving, we have ever-increasing enticements to a holiday afloat.

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Brian JohnstonTravel writerBrian Johnston seemed destined to become a travel writer and author: he is an Irishman born in Nigeria and raised in Switzerland, who has lived in Britain and China.

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