Half a million quid for an 's'

Yep, Cruise.co.uk has splashed out a UK record £500,000 on buying Cruises.co.uk.

Many would have a sharp intake of breath after reading about Cruise.co.uk's seemingly bottomless pockets, but here is a list of world record domain name purchases.

[With deliberate use of the asterisk to avoid Websense blocking]

• S*x.com - $12 million (2005)
• P*rn.com - $9.5 million (2007)
• Business.com - $7.5 million (1999)
• Diamond.com - $7.5 million (2006)
• Beer.com - $7 million (1999)

Of course, we haven't told you how much Travolution.co.uk is worth yet...

Kevin May, editor, Travolution