It's Out Today!

Our new-look New Year edition is out today (January 15), full of all the usual World of Cruising style, but much, much more.

Our new ownership and new design team have been at work to provide both a completely revamped style (see our new Front Cover, left) but an array of new features and columnists that ensure we stay Europe's leading cruise publication.

We still have the same specialist knowledge and unparalleled understanding of the cruise industry, but now there is also a sharper focus and more well-defined approach to what we do, making it brighter, more readable and, well, cruisier, than we've ever been before.

Editor Simon Veness says: "Having been with the magazine for 15 years now, I can confidently say this is the most eye-catching and well-focused edition we have ever produced. It is absolutely packed with the usual great writing, comment and insight, but we have dramatically expanded our range of punchy, aspirational features that will make readers think 'I want to go THERE!'

"We have invested heavily in new design elements, including new type-faces, layout and photography that ensures our premier reputation both with the industry and subscribers alike. And this is just the start. There is a LOT more to come in 2014."

If you haven't subscribed yet, you can still take advantage of our opening half-price offer on our website here: http://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/subscribeOrder.html

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Subscribe Now And Win A Free Cruise!

By Editor Simon Veness

World of Cruising magazine is getting even bigger and better in 2014 and we have a fabulous DOUBLE offer for all our new subscribers in the next few months.

FIRST - for all those who subscribe and join our ever-growing band of readers before the end of the year, you can save 50 per cent off the year's subscription price. 

That's right, instead of £30 for 12 months of the best insight, info and opinion on the wide world of cruising, it will be just £15 for the full year.

That represents an amazing saving on what continues to be Europe's leading cruise publication and is just our way is saying we are 100 per cent confident that you'll like what you see, and will want more in future.

But that's not all, oh no!

As well as the 50 per cent saving, ALL our new subscribers will be entered into a FREE prize draw to win a grand 7-day Mediterrranean cruise with Oceania Cruises in 2014.

That's right - just for signing up for the best magazine at a bargain £15 for the year), you
could be sailing off on a free cruise with the luxury style of Oceania purely as a reward for joining our happy sea-going band!

The extra value doesn't stop there, though, either. 

Not only will next year see us unveil a dramatic new look and style, the REALLY big news is that we will have SIX editions a year instead of our traditional four. So not only will new subscribers be making a major saving on our regular price (as of January 2014), they will get two extra issues of the magazine into the bargain.

It all adds up to an amazing opportunity to set sail - both literally and figuratively - with our award-winning crew - the best writers, designers and columnists in the cruise cosmos.

And we will have more news of great new features and additional extras in the weeks and months to come, so stay tuned!

To take advantage of these amazing offers, head over to our subscriptions page now! 

PS: That's http://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/subscribeOrder.html if you don't click on the hyperlink! 

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New Owners for World of Cruising Magazine!

London (Sept 19, 2013). -  Publishing and Database company Real Response Media (RRM) have announced the acquisition of Europe’s leading cruise publication, World of Cruising magazine, from independent operator Robin Maclear of Sussex-based The Cruise Line Ltd. The change of hands follows a prolonged steady growth period for the magazine, which is Europe’s leading cruise publication, having been founded in 1998. Maclear has sold the controlling interest to RRM, and they will continue to develop the magazine’s growth along international lines.

Managing Director Chris Pitchford says: “This is an opportunity to take an existing, well-established niche publication and take it to the next level. There continues to be huge and consistent growth in the cruise market, and no publication has yet fully captured that readership and growth potential. We have significant plans to take the magazine’s existing

high-quality style and extend it to that market in a number of different ways that should be very exciting both for our current readers and the world of cruising in general.”

Pitchford will be partnered by RRM Director Matthew Underhill, who is also Managing Director of Event Live Media, which effectively gives the company both a contract and exhibition publishing arm as well as a magazine publishing business. 

In the past 15 years, World of Cruising has become a major authority on all cruise-related matters, including helping to launch new lines such as Oceania Cruises in the UK and introduce a variety of niche luxury and adventure cruise companies. The magazine has reviewed hundreds of ships and explored destinations from the Amazon to the Zambezi. Columns such as The Admiral have achieved a cult following, while those of Captain Greybeard, The Cruise Guy and Cruise Radio have found a following in the US as well as Britain. The popular online version of the magazine is read from the US to Australia and it has also been published in China, the first cruise publication there.

Says Robin Maclear: “The sale to Real Response Media comes at an opportune time in cruise development and will allow World of Cruising to become the fully independent voice

of cruising worldwide. It has been a pleasure to work with our editor, Simon Veness, and an excellent team of journalists. All of us will continue to play our part in the magazine’s future growth as well.”

The Autumn edition of the magazine has just been published (www.worldofcruising.co.uk) and the first edition under RRM’s leadership will be the Winter issue, publishing in January.

Contacts: For Real Response Media, contact Chris Pitchford on 020 8444 6045 or email chris.pitchford@realresponsemedia.com. For Robin Maclear, call 0870 442 6933 or email robin@cruiseline.co.uk.

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Summer Edition Now Here!

Our feature-packed Summer issue is now back from the printer's and going to distribution, so our subscribers can afford to sit back and await the arrival of the latest edition of Europe's leading cruise publication.

Providing our Cover Story this summer is a look at the majestic Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam as Lauren Price takes a memorable journey with AMA Waterways.

From there, we go cruising in the luxury style of Regent Seven Seas as Gary Buchanan provides a look inside their Seven Seas Mariner. For more deluxe sailing, we also have the Zodiac Approach from Steve Newman, looking at how the upmarket adventure-cruise lines provide their up-close encounters.

Next there are destination features of Iceland - a cruise spot that is capturing a lot of attention - and Mauritius, while we also head for the Panama Canal, with an in-depth look at a typical round-trip voyage to this amazing engineering feat in Central America.

For our usual ship features, we take readers on board the new MSC Preziosa of MSC Cruises and the classic traditional liner Saga Ruby in her farewell season for Saga Cruises.There is also a special feature by Carol Wright on how the different lines look after passengers both Pre- and Post-Cruise, with some great tips for maximising your cruise enjoyment.

Of course, there is our essential World of Spas section, which in this issue takes a look at the fabulous Canyon Ranch Spa Club aboard the Queen Mary 2 of Cunard Line, as well as the latest news from spas worldwide.

And our regular columnists have plenty of say, with Captain Greybeard offering thoughts on Azamara Club Cruises; Cruise Radio looking at the new Norwegian Breakaway; Stewart Chiron, aka The Cruise Guy, examining issues involved with staying connected at sea; and The Admiral getting wistful about travel in a bygone age.

Then there are our usual contributions from our readers on the Letters page, and our unequalled News pages, with stories on all the latest cruise launches from the likes of Viking River Cruises, CroisiEurope, Princess Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd, as well as forthcoming new lines Viking Ocean Cruises and Pearl Seas Cruises.

As ever, it all adds up to the best read on the high seas, for a bargain price and with the best style. And, if you haven't subscribed yet (what's keeping you!), just follow this link.

Happy cruising now...!

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Summer Edition Out This Week!

Just a quick reminder, but the summer issue of World of Cruising magazine is out later this week. Please do check your subscription is fully up to date as we have a wonderful array of features and other articles in the latest edition.

Our Cover Story is a trip 'Around the Horn' of South America in the company of Holland America Line while we also travel to the amazing Galapagos Islands for more South American adventure.

We then branch out to destinations far and wide, including the Caribbean, Channel Isles, Miami and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. For ship reviews, we have the new Disney Fantasy, the Celebrity Eclipse and Silver Spirit, while also featuring Carnival's 40th anniversary and a special look at alternative dining at sea. Of course, there are also are regulars, like The Admiral, Captain Greybeard and Peter Rushton's Aft View, while we also welcome aboard Doug Parker - aka Cruise Radio - for a new column in this edition.

Along with our essential World of Spas section, Fashion, Reader Letters, Passenger Pertspectives and Cruise News, it all adds up to the best possible read in the wide world of cruising, so make sure you don't miss it!

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