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Hurricane Jova bears down on Mexico’s Pacific coast

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Hurricane Jova bears down on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Oct 11, 2011 08:00AM GMT

A major hurricane is threatening resorts along Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing winds of more than 130mph.

Hurricane Jova has strengthened to Category 3 and could reach Category 4 on Tuesday before hitting land, the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami warned.

The forecast track would carry its centre near the beach resort of Barra de Navidad, south of Puerto Vallarta.

The Mexican government declared a hurricane warning for a 100-mile stretch of coast from just south of Puerto Vallarta to a point south of Manzanillo, one of Mexico’s main cargo ports. A tropical storm warning is in effect further south, to the port of Lazaro Cardenas.

Authorities have closed the port of Manzanillo, the country’s second largest non-oil cargo port, to all navigation as a safety measure.

Hotels in the hurricane’s path are already taking precautions. Almost all the guests at the 199-room Grand Bay Hotel on Isla Navidad, just off the coast, are checking out.

The mountainous terrain inland usually weakens hurricanes like Jova fairly quickly once they hit land, but “maybe coastal flooding will be an issue”, said National Hurricane Centre forecaster Felix Garcia.

“The rainfall will be absolutely torrential,” he added.

Soft Drinks Package Prices — Cruiseline Comparison 2011

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 Soft Drinks Package Prices — Cruiseline Comparison 2011

Most cruiselines offer you the chance to buy a drinks package to save on cost of buying drinks individually. Over the next few weeks we’re going to give you the chance to compare everyone’s packages. This week soft drinks are on the table.

Soft drinks packages are particularly useful for parents taking children on board – and for those of you who don’t drink a great deal of alcohol of course 

We’ve worked out that the average price of soft drinks on board is about £2.00 per glass so if you drink a lot, the bill can soon creep up!

Here’s a rundown of what everyone charges, and more importantly, what you get for your money…

 Have you ever bought a soft drinks package? What do you think of the above deals? Any surprises?

Cruise market will see ‘modest growth’ in 2012, says PSA

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Cruise market will see ‘modest growth’ in 2012, says PSA

Oct 04, 2011 06:00AM GMT

The growth in the number of British cruise passengers is to slow to just 1% next year, the Passenger Shipping Association has admitted.

This represents a slowdown from a projected increase of 5% this year and almost 6% in 2010.

Figures released at the Travel Convention in Palma show an estimated 1.73 million passengers will take a cruise holiday next year, a rise of just over 1% on this year’s forecast figure of 1.71 million passengers.

PSA director Bill Gibbons attributed the slowdown to fewer new ships entering service in 2012.

“Looking forward, we anticipate modest growth in 2012 as capacity slows following the reduction in the number of new ships being built,” he said.

“However, we remain confident that growth will continue over the coming years as companies introduce new ships including the 3,611 passenger vessel for P&O Cruises, the largest in their fleet, due for introduction in early 2015.

“The great choice of ships now providing cruise holidays from the UK to a wide variety of destinations will lead to more passengers sailing from British ports.”

The figures show that a record number of passengers are expected to depart on cruises from the UK in 2012 at 835,000, against 760,000 this year.

Gibbons added: “Cruising is expected to continue to outperform other areas of the holiday market with travel agents, who account for around 80% of sales, continuing to play an important role.”

The PSA expected seven new ships to enter service in 2012 for companies such as Carnival Cruises Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, Disney Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises.