See the First Pictures of Queen Victoria Arriving in Southampton

Queen Victoria has arrived in Southampton this morning from Venice in preparation for her inaugural celebrations & maiden voyage on Tuesday.

Taken this morning from Hamble Point by our very own Bob Dixon, we're able to give you a first glimpse of Queen Victoria as she sailed up Southampton Water around 8:15am this morning.

Southampton is now set for a very exciting weekend of events when over the next four days, Queen Victoria will play host to 7,000 guests from around the globe before she departs on Tuesday to Europe's Northern Waters. A spectacular firework display will wish Queen Victoria farewell as she sails on her maiden voyage.

Southampton 0 - Ipswich Town 2

Complete Cruise Solution's home team may have lost the match but a great time was had by all when some of the team were hosted by Reader Offers at the Saints v Ipswich Town match.

As well as watching the match, we were introduced to the Boat-iful game....Reader Offers & Ipswich Town are giving fans the chance to win an Ocean Village 2 week cruise for 4 people round the Caribbean. At half time through the season four Ipswich Town fans take centre stage on the pitch at Portman Road, testing their footie skills & their luck in an attempt to land the holiday of a lifetime. The fab four are asked to chip a ball through the funnel of an Ocean Village ship- all those who are successful will be entered into the Grand Final with the winner scooping the 2 week cruise thanks for Reader Offers & Ocean Village.

Dragon's Deck Update

Four agents came to present to the Dragons yesterday afternoon in Southampton in the 2007 Dragon's Deck finale.

I understand from the Dragons that the presentations were generally of a high standard and that the finalists responded well to the Dragons' questions.

The winner will be announced on Queen Victoria during the UK Cruise Awards.

By Mark Pilkington

Barrhead Travel Become Millionaires With Complete Cruise Solution

In September, Barrhead Travel performed fantastically to win P&O Cruises' Millionaire's Club. Barrhead were awarded with a £1k night out in their home town of Glasgow & were joined by their Complete Cruise Solution Account Manager, Elaine Robb.

Photo:Left to right - Kerri McCauly, Me (Elaine Robb), Nicola Murdoch and Ashley Phillips

The evening was a resounding success. I arrived at Barrhead Travel to discover that Bill Munro had hired 2 bright pink Hummer Limos and a job lot of pink and gold cowboy hats!! They sang karaoke the whole way and drank the champers on route!
The restaurant Teppanyaki in Glasgow was delightful. We sat round the chef cooking our food and were thoroughly entertained!
Photo: The Group Outside The
Restaurant With Our Limo

Great night overall - Barrhead are now all psyched up to sell more and do it all again!
By Elaine Robb

Complete Cruise Solution Welcomes New Regional Sales Manager

With Kirsty McIntosh's imminent arrival of not 1 but 2 babies, Paul Sharp has joined us as Regional Sales Manager for the North West & North Wales to cover Kirsty's maternity leave.

Paul joins us with an extensive travel background having worked both overseas & within the retail sector for Thomson, and also spent 5 years working on board P&O Cruises ships as Sales & Operations Manager.

Please join us in welcoming Paul to the Complete Cruise Solution team.

Spectacular Success at the British Travel Awards

Last Thursday saw the cruise lines of Complete Cruise Solution win another hatful of trophies, this time at the British Travel Awards.

In the Consumer Voting, P&O Cruises won awards for Favourite Overall Cruise Line & Favourite Mainstream Cruise Line whilst Cunard were voted Best Niche Cruise Line.

In the categories voted for by you, our Agent Partners, P&O Cruises were awarded Best Mainstream Cruise Line & Cunard Best Niche Cruise Line.

Finally in a category judged by travel industry leaders, P&O Cruises picked up the award for Cruise Line of the Year.

P&O Cruises Join Forces with Children In Need

Following our successful involvement with Children in Need two years ago, P&O Cruises has once again offered a prize for Terry Wogan's auction for "things money can't buy."

We have offered two invitations to the Ventura naming ceremony, gala dinner and overnight event, a cruise for two on Ventura during her maiden season and dinner with Marco Pierre White on board.

This will be auctioned on Wednesday 14 November during Terry's show from 7.30am - 9am

Let's hope it raises thousands of pounds for Children in Need.

Our New Home Is Taking Shape

2009 will see the Complete Cruise Solution team move to a new home in Southampton bringing us under one building with our colleagues from around the Carnival UK organisation.

Just like us, you can watch the development of Carnival House by clicking here anytime!

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Dragon's Deck Is Back

Friday 2nd November saw the closing date for this year's Dragon's Deck competition. We've received a fantastic number of entries into the competition which is running for the 2nd time. It is great to see entrants range from some of our biggest cruise specialists to a number of agents who have never sold cruise before.

Look out for details of the winning Agent at the end of November. Remember the prize is a £20,000 marketing campaign from Complete Cruise Solution!