50’s nostalgia is in full swing these days! Let’s hope red scare propaganda and constant smoking don’t come with it as well.

The ship is the second to arrive in Sydney with an outbreak in the space of a week, prompting Travel Weekly staff to wield bottles of hand sanitiser like mace during our commute.

Meanwhile, Travel Weekly is announcing its first “Bring your coffee to work day” due to a shortage of Nescafe in the office.

No word yet on whether P&O blasted Eminem’s Without Me on its return to QLD, though we’d like to point out the cruise line missed a great opportunity if not.

The Sydney Harbour was blessed with some loud honking and a nice bit of cheering as the cruise ship launched off to the sunshine state.

Travel Weekly also marked cruising’s big return by lighting off a bunch of fireworks in the office, which, coincidentally, set off the fire alarm and gave us an early mark.

Like a backpacker who has run out of cash and needs to move back in with mum and dad, Australia’s home-grown cruise line is ready to come home.

The homegrown Aussie cruise line has made up for its extended cruise pause by announcing some ripper new sailings.

New year, new cruise resumption dates for several Carnival Corp brands, so tell your clients they won’t need to add seasickness tablets to their shopping lists anytime soon.

We celebrated the first birthday of P&O Cruises’ Pacific Explorer with champagne, an adults-only show and a gigantic cake. What a way to start the week!

The cruise line is fighting the good fight to get women front and centre in an industry where they make up only two per cent of the world’s seafarers.

20 hardworking agents were treated to dinner and a cruise courtesy of P&O Cruises. We wanted to come too, but we weren’t hardworking enough apparently.