Brilliance to call UK home (From Daily Echo)
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Royal Caribbean International to base Brilliance in Britain
12:50pm Tuesday 8th May 2012 in News
By Ian Murray, Editor-in-chief
Brilliance of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International is to base another of its cruise ships in Britain, the company has revealed.
In the largest ever deployment to the UK from the business, the 2,112-guest Brilliance of the Seas will sail from Harwich, Essex, joining the already-announced UK-based ships Adventure of the Seas and Independence of the Seas sailing from Southampton.
Brilliance of the Seas joins the UK cruise departure options from Royal Caribbean International following a multi-million pound revitalisation that will take place during an extensive dry-dock refurbishment programme in May 2013.
Brand new features that will premiere for the first time in Harwich at the start of the 2013 season include a large outdoor cinema screen, new speciality restaurants including sushi, steakhouse and Mexican options, new bars including a traditional English pub, flat-screen TVs in all state-room accommodation, a new nursery for babies and toddlers, plus lots more.
Already a popular ship with UK holidaymakers, Brilliance of the Seas has previously been based in Europe during the summer, and winter hot-spot Dubai for the cooler months. The deployment of Brilliance of the Seas to Harwich will also increase the number of cruises from the port for Royal Caribbean International compared to 2012. From Harwich, Brilliance of the Seas will sail to northern Europe and the Baltic Sea on 11 and 12-night cruises. Itinerary highlights from the new 2013 season include: n A 12-night Scandinavia and Russia cruise departing Harwich and calling at Copenhagen in Denmark, Stockholm in Sweden, Helsinki in Finland, Talinn in Estonia, Gothenburg in Sweden, and an overnight in St Petersburg, Russia. It departs on May 15, 2013.
n A 11-night Norwegian fjords and Iceland cruise departing Harwich and calling at Bergen and Geiranger in Norway, Lerwick/Shetland in Scotland, Klaksvik in the Faroe Islands, and an overnight in Reykjavik, Iceland. It departs on July 27, 2013.
Comments(8)
arizonan
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10:49pm Wed 9 May 12
If this ship operated from Liverpool, it would not need to discount berths, as I see advertised from Southampton, Harwich, Dover and Newcastle.
loosehead
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6:54am Thu 10 May 12
arizonan wrote:The point is this would have been an ideal ship for Liverpool. up North not far from intended cruise why go to Harwich?
Your cruise ships! How many have Southampton on the stern?
If this ship operated from Liverpool, it would not need to discount berths, as I see advertised from Southampton, Harwich, Dover and Newcastle.
Your council said you would be starting start & stop cruises this must be the type you want so what happened?
For a very long time now we've heard it's just Southampton trying to stop Liverpools ambition well this throws another port into the equation doesn't it?
Watch BBC2 next tuesday night & see the guy who tried to bring back manufacturing from China to Liverpool.
So far he recruited 17 & 5 have already left he offered jobs to long term unemployed & only one turned up,
& that was late .
next week we will see if he can get a workforce out of the thousands of unemployed in Liverpool or if he has to go back to China?
I know the story is the same all over this country but you being a scouse might find it interesting
arizonan
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7:37am Thu 10 May 12
The BBC could make and transmit a documentary showing why Jaguar/Land Rover manufacture vehicles in Liverpool as opposed to India.
35,000 applicants recently for 1000 vacancies at Jaguar/Land Rover Liverpool.
loosehead
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9:46am Thu 10 May 12
arizonan wrote:The gist of the program I was telling you about is there's more work than workers in China & the wages are going up.
The , 'Permission' to operate from the Liverpool Cruise Terminal is still awaited by the Southampton University graduate who happens to be Secretary of State at the Department.This makes it a tad difficult to plan the 2013 season for a cruise line, I think you will agree.
The BBC could make and transmit a documentary showing why Jaguar/Land Rover manufacture vehicles in Liverpool as opposed to India.
35,000 applicants recently for 1000 vacancies at Jaguar/Land Rover Liverpool.
Now this could be a benefit to this country & to Major cities like Liverpool.
the factory I think is in Kirby & if you know any one who would work for minimum wage ( basic) & a productivity bonus sewing cushions & also bagging them they should contact that firm.
but the ones employed by this guy either turned up late or found other work phoned in sick & never told him they'd quit.
Liverpool & the rest of this country has an opportunity now but we have to make it so people are better off at work than on the dole.
As for the cruise ships I was trying to say surely this sort of ship would be perfect for Liverpool wouldn't it?
arizonan
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2:54pm Thu 10 May 12
You will have to give me your explanation of the connection.
If you are trying to imply that people in Liverpool do not want to work, the 35,000 applicants for the 1000 vacancies at Jaguar/Land Rover Liverpool sank that idea.
The Liverpool Cruise Liner terminal has not been approved yet by the Department for Transport. So how can a cruise line say they are going to operate from a non-approved location?
loosehead
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3:35pm Thu 10 May 12
arizonan wrote:I was telling you ( trying to be friendly) about a program that is about your city & you might be interested in that was all.
Sorry me old chum, don't see the relevance of someone manufacturing cushions and cruise ships from Liverpool.
You will have to give me your explanation of the connection.
If you are trying to imply that people in Liverpool do not want to work, the 35,000 applicants for the 1000 vacancies at Jaguar/Land Rover Liverpool sank that idea.
The Liverpool Cruise Liner terminal has not been approved yet by the Department for Transport. So how can a cruise line say they are going to operate from a non-approved location?
As for the cruise ships Didn't your council leader say you would be operating turnaround cruises by now?
I really do feel a ship that would be sailing around those countries would have been great for Liverpool.
As I've said in the past if Liverpool had tried talking to the Major players in the cruise industry ( ports) then maybe this wouldn't still be going on.
going to Portsmouth wasn't the way & nor was applying for one thing whilst wanting another but that's been debated enough already & we will have to agree to disagree.
This ship isn't starting cruises until 2013 so by then you should know so why didn't you tender for it or did you?
If you did what happened?
arizonan
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3:49pm Thu 10 May 12
If not, no more debate is possible.
Cruise lines like any other businesses, must plan ahead.
The 2013 season is, or has been finalised.
loosehead says...
9:30pm Tue 8 May 12