Cruise news

Summer 2025 getaways are now on sale with easyjet holidays. Prices start at £399 per person on beach breaks and £289 for city escapes, with travel dates to the end of October. Thousands of free child places are also at 232 hotels across Europe. easyjet. com/en/holidays

Southampton no-fly sailings will be boosted for summer 2025 with 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex returning for her second season.

From April 13-October 19 the 130,818 gross tonnage ship will offer more Arctic Circle and Norway itineraries than before with voyages to the Land of the Midnight Sun and spectacular fjords.

Passengers can also discover the Celebrity’s newest port, picturesque Trondheim in Norway, a medieval town with fjords and a thriving food scene.

Itineraries will range from four-day city breaks in the Netherlands and Belgium to seven-night sailings to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Norwegian Fjords, plus 11 to 13-night sailings to the Canaries, Scandinavia and the new trips to the Norwegian North Cape and

Arctic Circle. Prices start at £649 per person for four nights to Rotterdam and Bruges in August 2025. celebritycruises.com/gb

Staying in 2025 and into 2026, Holland America’s programme for South America and Antarctica is now on sale. The 2,000-passenger Oosterdam will sail three itineraries, ranging from 14 to 22 days and stretching from the Panama Canal to Antarctica and more. From £2,539pp for 14 days. hollandamerica.com/en/gb

Book any 2024 package holiday with travel agent On the Beach and get free queue-busting fast track through UK airport security. A spokeswoman said: “We’re so pleased that we can help more people than ever before qualify for this VIP perk.” onthebeach.co.uk