Britannia of P&O Cruises

Hello again sailors! Britannia welcomes guests back on board for first time in 15 months

The first guests in 15 months were welcomed on board by P&O Cruises last night (27 June) as Britannia left Southampton for a four-night sailing around the UK coast. The rest of the P&O fleet, at anchor in Southampton, along with those of those of sister brand Cunard, celebrated the occasion with a horn-sounding departure

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P&O Cruises unveils summer Ultimate Escape UK holidays and Iona’s maiden cruise to namesake island

P&O Cruises has unveiled details of its summer series of UK short breaks on flagship Britannia and week-long cruises on new ship Iona. The Ultimate Escape cruises will depart from Southampton between June and September, sailing around the UK coast. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “As we have spent the majority of the last year

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Cruise ship Arcadia

Transit of the Amazon and new Fly/Med holidays from P&O Cruises for summer 2021 and winter 2021-2022

For summer 2021 and winter 2021-2022, P&O Cruises is promising more than 400 cruises visiting 186 unique ports in 68 countries worldwide. The programme features a combination of popular mainstream itineraries and longer Discovery cruises to lesser known destinations, with key new features that include: Iona’s second year of itineraries featuring the Norwegian Fjords and

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Britannia atrium

Britannia rules the waves once gain following million-pound makeover

Five years after the naming ceremony in Southampton, P&O Cruises’ Britannia is preparing to emerge from the Damen shipyard in Brest following a makeover that includes refreshed interiors and new details. She returns Southampton on 23 October for a 2-night cruise to Bruges before a transatlantic crossing to the Caribbean. Britannia’s atrium becomes a lively social

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Iona of P&O Cruises visiting Iona

P&O Cruises Summer 2020 programme features 160 cruises including Iona’s maiden season

Iona’s maiden season in the Norwegian fjords is one of the major highlights of P&O Cruises’ 2020 programme which also includes new itineraries in the Mediterranean, Norway and Iceland, North America and Canada and the British Isles. Key features include: The launch of Iona’s itineraries in the Norwegian fjords from May to September Repeating itineraries,

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P&O Cruises to launch new ship and shore experiences so guests can ‘live life at 100%’

P&O Cruises is to help guests “live life at 100%” by boosting its ship and shore experiences across the fleet from summer 2019 . The improvements will cover shore excursions, dining and entertainment across mid-sized ships Arcadia, Aurora and Oceana as well as the larger ships Britannia, Azura and Ventura. Aurora is to be refitted next spring prior to her re-launch as

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Prepare to be Astonished when you cruise with P&O

There was an Astonishing celebration in Southampton at the weekend when BAFTA-winning presenter and entertainer Stephen Mulhern and performer Jonathan Wilkes launched a revolutionary magic and illusion show produced for P&O Cruises. Celebrities at the premiere on P&O’s flagship Britannia included ITV’s Declan Donnolly and his wife Ali Astall, Good Morning Britain’s Ben Shephard, singer Chesney Hawkes, Coronation Street’s

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Apprentice candidates taken to task on a short P&O cruise to Bruges

P&O Cruises takes centre stage on prime time television tonight (Wednesday) as the remaining candidates in The Apprentice take a short cruise to Bruges on board Britannia. You can see how the candidates get on when the programme is screened at 9pm on BBC One.  The Apprentice candidates will be trying to sell tours to Bruges, above With Britannia

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