In September 2016, Cruise Cotterill sponsored a charity event which was took place in Plymouth in the United Kingdom, to raise money for the local Plymouth Sea Cadets. 

​The QE2 themed charity gala dinner event took place on 24 September 2016 at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel in Plymouth. In total 150 guests attended the charity event, including former Captains and crew of the famous ocean liner, sea cadets, as well as past passengers and local business owners.

It's not long now until the British cruise operator, Cruise & Maritime Voyages gains another exciting new ship. Although not actually a new build cruise ship, I am particularly excited about the arrival of the ship as I am booked on the maiden voyage!

​In June 2017 the 63,786 gross tonne Columbus is to start operating cruises from London, Tilbury. The ship was originally launched in 1989 and has been operated by a variety of cruise lines all over the world. Most recently the ship was known as Pacific Pearl and cruised with P&O Cruises Australia.

The ship was extensively refurbished in 2015 and before being re-named and transferred to the Cruise & Maritime Voyages fleet, it will be upgraded further during another refurbishment. A number of passenger cabins will become single cabins, which reduced the ships capacity to around 1,400. Of the 775 cabins on board, 64 offer balconies.