P&o Cruises News
Britain’s biggest cruise ship revs up her engines
There was great excitement at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Trieste in Italy today as the engines of Britain’s biggest cruise ship, Britannia, were started up for the first time by Formula One racing presenter Suzi Perry.
P&O Cruises new ship to host first British cookery school at sea
When the doors of the country’s newest cookery school, The Cookery Club, open next March on Britannia, Britain’s largest cruise ship, it will offer the most comprehensive schedule of classes for all ages and abilities as it travels the world.
New Caribbean tours for 2014/2015 from P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises has introduced new activity tours in the Caribbean for cruises departing in 2014 and 2015. From coral restoration projects for certified divers in Bonaire to Segway tours for all the family in St Lucia, there’s something for everyone.
Carnival grows P&O Cruises brand in Australia with new ships
Carnival Corporation has announced plans to significantly expand its market leadership in Australia, one of the fastest growing markets in the cruise industry. With Australian cruise passenger numbers having increased 130 per cent in the past five years and projections of 800,000 cruise passengers in 2013 growing to one million by 2016, P&O Cruises (Australia) will add two ships to its fleet in 2015.
P&O Cruises announces new look summer celebrity Strictly line up
P&O Cruises popular Strictly Come Dancing themed cruises, in partnership with BBC Worldwide Ltd, have just got bigger and better. This summer the Strictly cruises will be packed with more stars and more sparkle than ever before.
P&O Cruises covers globe as Britannia heralds new era in UK holidays
P&O Cruises will operate its largest ever programme next year featuring eight ships, 211 cruises, 81 different ports in 61 countries, covering 662,000 nautical miles and sailing 25 seas.
Britannia waives the rules by bringing together the brightest stars in British cooking
P&O Cruises is assembling the cream of culinary talent as the new ship’s Food Heroes - an unprecedented line up of the country’s celebrity chefs.
Britannia float out ceremony goes off with a smash
A ceremony has been held at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Trieste to mark the float out of P&O Cruises’ newest ship, Britannia. The first ceremony involved the welding of significant coins on the open deck of Britannia for good luck.
P&O Cruises announces new-look Strictly themed cruises in 2014
P&O Cruises popular Strictly Come Dancing themed cruises, in partnership with BBC Worldwide Ltd, have just got bigger and better. New for 2014, the Strictly cruises will be packed with more stars and more sparkle than ever before.
P&O Cruises launches new regional flights for Ventura Fly-Med programme
P&O Cruises has added departures from seven regional airports on selected Fly-Med cruises on Ventura for this summer.
P&O flies into Cardiff Airport
Holidaymakers can now add Genoa to the list of destinations they will be able to fly to direct from Cardiff Airport this summer. Four chartered flights have been added to the schedule to allow customers across Wales and the South West to join P&O’s Mediterranean cruises direct from the Welsh capital.
P&O Cruises to unveil Union Jack livery
P&O Cruises has confirmed it will change the livery of its ships with a bold new look which celebrates its heritage and its place as Britain’s favourite cruise company and the longest version of the Union Jack will adorn its new flagship, appropriately named Britannia. For nearly two centuries P&O has exemplified Britain across the world, becoming the country’s greatest shipping company and part of its fabric.