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	<title>Virgin Holidays Cruises Blog</title>
	
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	<description>A fresh view on cruising from Virgin Holidays Cruises.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hold your own Olympics on Oasis of the Seas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Leavey</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems to me that the impact of the global recession will take a few years to dissipate.  So there&#8217;s every possibility the downturn may adversely affect the next Olympics, in London, and...<br/>
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		<title>Are cruise lines doing enough to help disabled passengers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Beckett</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Giving disabled people equal access to the same facilities enjoyed by the rest of the population seems a no-brainer.
Apart from reasons of fairness and decency, there are also strong economic...<br/>
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		<title>Oasis of the Seas in Southampton</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Davies</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[New Ships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oasis of the Seas]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Visiting the Isle of Wight as I do on a regular basis, I have got to know some of the best vantage places to view cruise ships as they come and go from the port of Southampton.
One of my favourites...<br/>
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		<title>A Ghost Cruise For Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Leavey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was midnight on 31 October when I boarded the Flying Dutchman in Southampton.  
I seemed to be the only passenger and the docks were deserted, which struck me as odd. 
My invitation had been...<br/>
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		<title>Cruisologically Speaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Beckett</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you were around in the 1980s, you probably remember a TV ad starring Maureen Lipman that highlighted the importance of an ology.
Well I think it’s time we created a new one. 
A glance down any A...<br/>
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		<title>Forward Looking Backwards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Davies</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There’s a very much a ‘harking back while looking forward’ theme to events in the cruise industry this week.
On the one hand, the UK’s oldest cruise company wants you to scour your attics for...<br/>
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		<title>Cruising For Art’s Sake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Leavey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what it is about being on holiday that seems to encourage many otherwise perfectly sensible tourists to bring back a suitcase of overpriced rubbish&#8230;
Much of it stuff they...<br/>
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		<title>Cruising To Victory With Jenson Button?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Beckett</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congratulations to Britain’s new Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button. 
In Sunday’s Brazilian grand prix Jenson finished 5th collecting enough points to make it impossible for anyone to overtake...<br/>
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		<title>Nice White Ships</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Davies</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[All cruise lines have nice white ships, but there the similarity ends.
Those uninitiated who say very loudly “oh, cruising&#8217;s not for me, it’s only for coffin dodgers, we’ll all be seasick and...<br/>
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		<title>Konnichiwa Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Leavey</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When you take a cruise to a country with a completely different culture, a little politeness can go a long way.
Take Japan, where one of my colleagues at Virgin is currently seeing the sights of...<br/>
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