Robin Shaw

PALGRAVE Tornadoes continued their unbeaten run in the Speedy Bat Sports Division One of the Diss and District Table Tennis league after beating Thrandeston 6-4. Read More

Cruise ship tipping has long been an area of contention, but the debate may be nearing conclusion. Read More

Demand for Celebrity Eclipse cruises from Southampton has made the ship the best-selling vessel in the Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International fleets. Read More

The cruise industry grew up in North America, where tipping for services is common, and for years many of the biggest cruise lines have relied on hefty tips from American customers to provide the bulk of their workers' incomes. Read More

Back in the days when old-fangled ocean liners were evolving into shiny new cruise ships, sea dogs had a way of distinguishing between the two. Read More

Royal Caribbean International's new mega-ship Oasis of the Seas has caused a resurgence in bookings for the Caribbean. Read More

WE were eating Sunday lunch and I reminded the family I was flying to Florida on Thursday to become one of the first people to step aboard the largest cruise ship in the world. Read More

The British class system is alive and well on cruise ships, it would seem -- or so the media would have it. Read More

One of the most interesting comments to come out of this week's Cruise Forum at the Travel Convention in Barcelona is the news that Royal Caribbean International is " evaluating " its tipping policy for the UK market. Read More

Royal Caribbean is one of the last mainstream holdouts when it comes to tipping -- instead of automatically adding gratuities to passengers' onboard accounts, it requests that guests perform the old-fashioned "cash in the envelope" routine at the end of a cruise. Read More