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Saga to add new cruise ships
Saga Cruises has agreed an order for a new ship and an option for a second with Meyer Werft shipyard.
The new ship will be launched in 2019, with fewer than 1,000 passengers, to retain the intimacy and personal touch for which Saga is renowned, but with some new features including balconies for all cabins.
If the option on the second ship is confirmed, it will be delivered in 2021.
Research commissioned by Saga into the UK’s over 50s spending on travel and tourism, found that spending on cruising is expected to increase by 43% to £2.2 billion by 2020.
This compares £1.65 billion in 2014 out of a total over 50s spend of £41billion on travel and tourism. Nearly a third (32%) of over 50s in work said they were planning to increase their spending on cruises after retirement.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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