The adage that “age is just a number”rings truer today than it ever has. One of the key messages from our fourth annual Cruise Summit was that by 2030, the UK will have 1.3 million more retirees and, with

inheritance tax rules set to change again in 2027, Baby Boomers will want to spend. The mature market

isn’t just relevant to UK cruising, it’s vital.

It therefore gives me great pleasure to introduce you to this unique edition of Cruise Trade News, in which we’ve partnered with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to delve deeper into these trends, while showcasing what the brand has to offer in the coming months and years. I’ll let my co-editor, the line’s head of sales

Geoff Ridgeon, tell you more about that.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we take a closer look at how soaring temperatures and prices are impacting Brits’ holiday choices (p. 43). Head to pages 15, 16 and 19 for the latest from the luxury, river and expedition

sectors and flick to page 62 for an inside look at MSC World America.

The adage that “age is just a number”rings truer today than it ever has. One of the key messages from our fourth annual Cruise Summit was that by 2030, the UK will have 1.3 million more retirees and, with

inheritance tax rules set to change again in 2027, Baby Boomers will want to spend. The mature market

isn’t just relevant to UK cruising, it’s vital.

It therefore gives me great pleasure to introduce you to this unique edition of Cruise Trade News, in which we’ve partnered with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to delve deeper into these trends, while showcasing what the brand has to offer in the coming months and years. I’ll let my co-editor, the line’s head of sales

Geoff Ridgeon, tell you more about that.

Elsewhere in the magazine, we take a closer look at how soaring temperatures and prices are impacting Brits’ holiday choices (p. 43). Head to pages 15, 16 and 19 for the latest from the luxury, river and expedition

sectors and flick to page 62 for an inside look at MSC World America.