What’s a Luxury Hotel Barge Holiday? Friends of mine chartered a canal barge in the south of France years ago for a family vacation. They gushed about lazy days, pastoral scenery, market fresh ...

The U.K has announced a plan to move migrants seeking asylum from current hotel accommodations to a barge, at least two military bases and ships in an effort to slash surging costs and end the ...

Having cruised all seven seas, sailed most of the rivers in Europe, and crisscrossed the canals of France, I’m running ...

Luxury hotel barge cruising company European Waterways has announced the acquisition of Shannon Princess, Ireland ’s only luxury hotel barge, marking an expansion of the company’s fleet of ...

It is actually a restored shipping barge from the early 20th century that has been retrofitted into what the company fittingly calls a “hotel barge.” ...

The Government is continuing to house asylum seekers in hotels despite Labour’s manifesto pledge not to, it has emerged. Asylum seekers have been seen moving into two hotels in Berkshire and ...

HOTEL owner Steve Cuddy has built a canal with locks in its garden — to float a barge he’s turned into a swimming pool. Steve, 59, spent £55,000 on the “world’s shortest” waterway with ...

Kir Royale launched in May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its owner, European Waterways, Europe’s biggest luxury hotel-barge company.

The Ultra Deluxe 8-passenger hotel barge Kir Royale cruises the River Marne and the Canal latéral à la Marne in Champagne between April through October. 2025 Cruises aboard Kir Royale start from ...

The government has awarded a contract which allows for hotels and barges to house asylum seekers up until September 2027, despite Labour vowing to end the practice. The wide ranging agreement - which ...

The government has awarded a contract which allows for hotels and barges to house asylum seekers up until September 2027, despite Labour vowing to end the practice. The wide ranging agreement ...