Tag: P&O Cruises

Britain’s largest and most environmentally-friendly cruise ship, P&O Cruises Iona, arrived into her home port of Southampton this morning ahead of tonight’s official naming ceremony.  Iona is powered by liquefied natural gas, ground-breaking for the UK cruise industry and one of the cleanest fuels in the world.  The ship will

Holidays on new ship Arvia, Canary Islands fly/cruises and a 99-night world cruise are all now on sale, accompanied by launch booking offers, in P&O Cruises’ new winter 2022 / 2023 programme of holidays.  In a P&O Cruises first, winter sun Canary Islands fly/cruises from Tenerife will be available as Azura offers a programme of two alternating seven-night cruises which can be combined to create a 14-night holiday. To celebrate this, double on board spending money is available on Azura’s Canary Islands holidays booked before June 1, 2021.

On 22nd February, the first piece of steel was cut for the newest addition to the P&O Cruises fleet – Arvia. The 184,700-tonne sister to ship to Iona, is being built in Papenburg, Germany. She is due to join the fleet in December 2022, and will be the cruise line’s

If you haven’t heard the news, a number of the world’s leading cruise lines are launching a series of short cruises for British passengers around the UK this summer. One of the latest to go on sale, were P&O Cruises. Bookings opened on March 22 and within hours the cruise

Today P&O Cruises announced that Oceana will be leaving its fleet this month. This was a ship my husband and I called home many times over the years, with both of us having spent time working on board. We made some very good friends on the ship and have lots

We met our friends Sharon and Ray on the P&O Cruises ship Oceana several years ago when my husband still worked at sea. They were often the ‘most travelled’ passengers on board and it was always a pleasure to sail in their company. It’s always great to hear about their

P&O Cruises is delighted to announce Gary Barlow as its new brand ambassador, with the pioneering partnership set to fuse music with amazing travel experiences for guests on board in 2020.  Multi-award winning singer, songwriter, producer, musician and member of one of the biggest groups in British music history, Take That, Gary’s

To celebrate the naming of Iona, its newest ship launching in May 2020, P&O Cruises has announced Ionafest, the UK’s most exciting new floating festival as part of a week-long Fjords cruise holiday.  From Saturday July 4, 2020, the UK’s greenest and most contemporary ship will host some of today’s

Host of BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Matt Tebbutt and London-based award-winning chocolatier, Paul A Young are joining P&O Cruises flagship Britannia in the Caribbean this winter (B931) as part of the cruise line’s ‘Friends of the Cookery Club’ programme. During the cruise, Tebbutt and Young will create some of the best

Exciting global street food experiences, a fun gelateria serving award-winning gelato, a four-screen cinema complex and extraordinary pop-up performances are just some of the new options onboard Iona that will ensure the ultimate holiday for families.  A new dining concept called The Quays is a lively multi-venue dining piazza offering an impressive

P&O Cruises will have a unique Strictly Come Dancing entertainment experience on Iona for Summer 2020, with well known faces from the BBC’s show taking over The Limelight Club – an intimate supper club. On selected 2020 Iona summer cruises guests will be able to enjoy an unforgettable night with