Bootleg Beatles on Cunard

To The Beatles and Beyond … ‘Fab Four’ take centre stage as Cunard launches new themed cruises for 2022

Guests will be able to meet and mingle with renowned authors and West End theatre stars and wax nostalgic with one the world’s top Beatles tribute bands in Cunard’s 2022 programme of themed cruises. The Beatles and Beyond: Celebrating the Best of British cruise is part of a line-up of Event Voyages designed to offer

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Cunard cruise liner Queen Elizabeth

Mad scramble as Cunard launches its Summer at Sea UK voyages

The launch of Cunard’s Summer at Sea UK voyages sparked the line’s busiest booking day for 10 years. The Queen Elizabeth will be sailing from Southampton along the UK coastline between July and October with a a mix of British Isles scenic cruises and special Sun Voyages sailing to “wherever the sun shines brightest”. Cunard

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England's Scenic Shores Cornwall Picture courtesy of Viking Cruises

Stop dreaming, dust off those suitcases and check out SeaView’s round-up of this summer’s cruises around the British Isles

We have had to wait a a year for the pandemic gloom to lift, and at last the good news has been coming thick and fast for UK cruisers over the past couple of weeks as cruise lines roll out programmes of summer voyages around the British Isles. It means that from late May until

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Queen Mary 2 in Cape Town

Cunard ‘as passionate as ever’ about world cruising as it celebrates 100 years of pioneering grand voyages in 2023

Cunard will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its pioneering first world cruise, and the first-ever continuous circumnavigation of the globe by a passenger liner, with two grand voyages in 2023. And company president Simon Palethorpe said today that it was “as passionate as ever about these very special voyages”. The unique voyages on board

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Cunard cruise liner Queen Elizabeth

Cunard joins the flotilla of ships cruising the UK this summer

Cunard has become the third line in a week to announce that it will be cruising around the UK this summer. P&O Cruises started the ball rolling, quickly followed by Princess Cruises, which means that Southampton will at least be back in business locally while the international market is waiting for the pandemic to ease.

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cruise ship queen elizabeth

‘Dream’ start to New Year as Cunard unveils upgrades to celebrate winter booking season

Complimentary money to spend on board and accommodation upgrades are on offer for selected voyages through to 2023, as Cunard celebrates the most popular season for booking a break. Guests selecting 2021 and 2022 voyages of seven nights or more between now and 1 March 2021 will receive up to $800 per person to spend

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Cunard extends pause in operations until May at earliest

Cunard has extended its pause in operations until May at the earliest due to the ongoing travel constraints in place across the world owing to the pandemic. Voyages on Queen Mary 2 up to and including 28 May and on board Queen Elizabeth up to 4 June are now cancelled. Departures on Queen Victoria remain

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Queen Elizabeth in Aaska

Cunard unveils four-night cruise breaks and a return to Alaska for Queen Elizabeth in 2022

More than 35 countries feature in Cunard’s three Queens 2022 voyage schedule, with 162 itineraries covering north of the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean and from the Pacific to the Atlantic, via the Panama Canal. Highlights include Queen Elizabeth returning to Alaska with seven and 10-night round-trip voyages from Vancouver, visiting Glacier Bay, Haines, Hubbard

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cruise ship queen elizabeth

Short and sweet for Queen Elizabeth as Cunard tries something new in 2021

The Queen Elizabeth will chart a wide range of three to 14-day voyages in 2021 taking her around Europe and Asia before concluding in Australia at the end of the 10-month season. For the first time Cunard will foray into scenic cruising with three- and four-night voyages around the British Isles, and there is also

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Queen Mary 2

Cunard’s brave New World as it announces Classic Voyage on Queen Mary 2 for 2022

For those feeling pent-up frustration at the loss of their 2021 world voyages, the good news is that Cunard’s 2022 classic World Voyage on Queen Mary 2 goes on sale today (8 September). The 104-night voyage, setting sail from Southampton on 10 January and returning on 24 April, will make calls to Greece, Dubai, Sri

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