The world’s largest cruise company is gradually getting some meat back on its bones, but it won’t quite have that pre-pandemic girth by the end of the year.

The cruise giant has laid bare its quarterly financials, and it appears head office will have to wait patiently for a new Nespresso machine.

This story is a bit like a pair of mismatched socks, in that it contains both good news and bad news.

The cruise ship passengers tested positive after a visit to the Greek islands, with most of them now isolating in dedicated onshore facilities in Palermo.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is so hefty, we reckon that if each letter weighed a tonne, it would equate to a 4,000-pax ship. However, we’re not mathematicians and we also haven’t made any effort to count each individual letter.

Travel Weekly is tickled pink to present you with this week’s Cruise Wrap, and that’s not only because it was the last thing standing between us and lunch.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is practically bursting at the seams with positive outlooks, banger deals and agent offers. And if that doesn’t tickle your fancy, we don’t know what will.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is a big one, so we recommend settling in with a cup of tea and a few biccies.

This week’s Cruise Wrap is one of our longest yet, with enough information to fill the Pacific Ocean. Or maybe just the Tasman Sea. It will fill your kitchen sink, at least.

With Carnival recently announcing it would look to offload 13 ships, the curtain has been pulled back to reveal where some of those vessels are headed.

Have you been wondering when the new boss for Holland America Line would be announced? Well, wonder no more as we pull back the curtain.

The body of a female traveller who went overboard on her cruise has been found after a major search and rescue operation.