There are three things that matter most on a Friday: Flavour of the Week, industry gossip and a few bottles of rosé. Two of those come standard, but we suggest drinking the other while reading this.

To celebrate the beginning of cruise month, we’re bringing you a bumper Cruise Wrap which is practically overflowing with deals.

It appears the video of a crew member allegedly taunting a couple who missed the boat was a case of EXTREMELY bad timing. Yikes.

Travel Weekly’s deputy editor was seen disguising herself as a cruise ship this morning with hopes someone will spend millions revamping her life. No luck so far.

This cruise wrap is bigger than some of the cruise ships featured! And yes, we’d like you to take everything we say today literally.

Cruise your way into the long weekend with a particularly long wrap-up of all things ocean-bound from your friends at Travel Weekly.

This cruise wrap is as long as this week has felt. On the bright side, if you need to look like you’re super-busy for a while, you can kill almost a whole afternoon scrolling through this one.

Meanwhile, our colleagues have banned us from eating at our desk because the mess is becoming a “health hazard”. We will be taking the matter up with Fair Work later today.

Just when you thought all the exciting end of year incentives were over, RCL has gone and blown our expectations launching their biggest consultant incentive yet.

The only thing we like more than new ships is a four-hour early mark and our boss already shut that idea down so we’re making do with this good news.

Wondering what the cruise line’s merger with RCL means for the company? We’ve got the scoop, and we’re not talking ice cream. Though, we wish we were.

ATTN AGENTS: get ready for a nice little business boost as Aussies’ tax returns start rolling in. We’re planning on spending our $2 refund on half a coffee.