Gloria Sher and husband Frederick Evans.

5 OCT: A rich husband and wife from New York are making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic today after being being asked to leave the Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 following a mealtime altercation with another passenger.

Adding to the bizarre nature of the incident is a claim that they were confined to their cabin for several days before the forced departure.
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1 OCT: The local cruise season gets under way today with a sober warning from Australian Foreign Affairs.

30 SEP: The Australian cruise season gets under way officially tomorrow, with Carnival Australia predicting that the six brands it represents here will carry a record 220,000 passengers through Australian waters over the next five to six months.

30 SEP: US cruise agents are looking to write more than $US45m worth of bookings in one evening when they stage their annual ‘World’s Greatest Cruise Night’ on 13 October.

28 SEP: Wild weather prevented Dawn Princess docking at Burnie, in Tasmania, yesterday.

28 SEP: Global cosmetics and beauty company L’Oreal Paris has opened its first store at sea.

21 SEP: Cruise line Yachts of Seabourn says construction of its third vessel, Seabourn Quest, is progressing so well that the line will be able to operate two sailings next year before an official inaugural voyage.

22 SEP: Miami-based cruise giant Carnival Corp has posted net income of $US1.3 billion on revenue of $US4.4 billion for the third quarter - significantly higher than it predicted in June.

21 SEP: An Azamara Club Cruises liner will undertake a 2012 charter sailing commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster.

14 SEP: Classic International Cruises has new sector cruises within an Italy to WA positioning voyage by its liner Athena, departing Rome 14 November.