Sad to hear Cunard president and managing director Carol Marlow is stepping down as chairman of the Passenger Shipping Association after a two-year reign during which we have all come to know and love that red jacket and her upbeat words of wisdom about the cruise and ferry industries - and all spoken without a note in sight.
And so it was at the PSA's 50th anniversary dinner last night, fittingly held on P&O Cruises' new ship Ventura, which has been in Southampton for more than a week now so agents and past and potential passengers can have a look at Carnival UK's newest baby. More on that to come.
Marlow is handing over the PSA reins to Stena Line's general manager travel UK Lars Olsen this summer - it being the ferries' turn to head the association. You can't get fairer than that.
Jane Archer
