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P&O Cruises Oriana 2012 World Cruise

Jul 03, 2010 No Comments by Jane

On Oriana’s 97 night voyage of discovery she’ll sail through the Suez Canal and onto the sights of the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, USA, Mexico and the Caribbean. Highlights include Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali, Whitsunday Islands for the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney (two full days in port), Auckland, [...]

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Cunard’s 2012 World & Exotic Voyages

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Cunard’s largest ever winter series of voyages will go on sale on the 15th July featuring two World Voyages and a series of Exotic Discovery Voyages. Longer Winter Voyages and full World Voyages continue to prosper despite tougher economic times and with Cunard Liners ideally suited to longer journeys, the 2012 programme has a number [...]

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Cunard Queen Mary 2 ~ Three weeks in Australia without the hassle of flying

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Three weeks visiting friends and relatives or just exploring Australia. No flights to get there or back. No airport hassles. No risk of Ash disruption or airline strikes. Take as much luggage as you like. Sound too good to be true? Not with Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. In early 2012, as part of her World [...]

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Cunards Queen Elizabeth – The Verandah

Jun 12, 2010 No Comments by Jane

  Cunard reintroduce a new level of fine dining. The Verandah Grills on the original Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were perhaps the most exclusive dining rooms at sea, on a par with exclusive private clubs in London, New York and Paris. On the former Queens, The Verandah Grills were available to first-class passengers who [...]

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The World Cup at sea.

Jun 03, 2010 No Comments by Jane

We are very pleased to announce that all Ships in the P&O Cruises, Cunard & Ocean Village fleets will show all 64 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Live from South Africa. The event begins on June 11th and concludes with the Championship game on July 11. All three cruise lines will receive the [...]

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The World Awaits Cunard Queen Elizabeth

May 21, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Queen Elizabeth joins the Cunard fleet in October 2010 as the sixth Cunard Queen in Cunard’s illustrious 170 years history and the second largest Cunarder ever built. She will be the third Cunard Queen to bear the name Elizabeth and will join her sisters Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria as part of the youngest [...]

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Two New Ships for Princess Cruises

May 05, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Princess Cruises has announced that contracts to build two 3,600-passenger ships have been finalized with Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard.

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P&O Cruises first Female Captain – Captain Sarah Brenton

Apr 22, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Women rule the waves as P&O Cruises welcomes first female Captain in 173 year history  1,200 passenger ship Artemis is on a ‘maiden’ voyage of a different kind, as she set sail yesterday with P&O Cruises first female Captain, Sarah Breton, at the helm .

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Celebrity Eclipse to Rescue Stranded Holidaymakers

Apr 20, 2010 1 Comment by Jane

The first leg of UK launch celebrations for new ship Celebrity Eclipse have been cancelled so the ship can help rescue holidaymakers stranded in the volcanic ash airspace shutdown Celebrity Cruises is working with UK tour operators to collect more than 2,000 holidaymakers affected by the airport closures and subsequent flight cancellations. The 2,852-passenger vessel [...]

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P&O Cruises Azura Naming Ceremony

Apr 13, 2010 No Comments by Jane

Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell CBE has named Azura, the latest P&O Cruises ship built exclusively for Britain. The spectacular celebrity naming ceremony, with Darcey Bussell as the ship’s Godmother, took place on Saturday April 10, prior to Azura’s maiden cruise to the Mediterranean.

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