Honeywell was editor at large of consumer magazine World of Cruising.
Louise Robinson, World of Cruising’s editor said: 'Today is a very sad day. John was a hugely influential and popular figure in our industry. He was a wonderfully entertaining and generous colleague who was always happy to share his unrivalled knowledge of the world he loved so much.'
Honeywell is survived by his wife Sheila and two sons.
He started his journalism career in the UK national press, becoming assistant night editor of Express Newspapers in 1976.
After three years as assistant editor of Today newspaper, he was promoted to managing editor – a role he then went on to fill at the Express in 1993 and then at Trinity Mirror from 1996 until 2009, when, he started writing about cruising full time.
Honeywell became editor of World of Cruising in 2014 before assuming his latest role in 2016.
He also wrote for Cruise Trade News and Cruising Destinations and continued to write a weekly column for his former employer, the Daily Mirror.
CLIA UK honoured him earlier this year at its media awards as winner of the Contribution to Cruise Journalism category.
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