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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 guests to hog the Limelight with Strictly stars in 2020

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. During Iona’s maiden summer season in the Norwegian Fjords, guests will be able to enjoy a night with a Strictly special guest and a Strictly  pro

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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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Made to measure: Spectacular Norwegian Fjords beckon P&O’s new flagship Iona for inaugural season

P&O Cruises’ new flagship Iona, launching in 2020, will cruise exclusively in the Norwegian Fjords during her inaugural season … a task for which she has been made to measure. P&O Cruises senior vice president, Paul Ludlow, said: “From the initial stages of her build we knew that Iona would be sailing to the Fjords and

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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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Power to the people as P&O Cruises names new ship Iona

P&O Cruises has named its new ship Iona as a “celebration of the sea and our island nation”. But to be completely accurate, P&O Cruises didn’t decide on the name itself but called on members of the public to submit their suggestions. More than 30,000 people responded and Iona emerged as the most popular choice. So Iona

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First steel cut for new P&O ship … but still no name

P&O Cruises marked the first construction milestone for its newest ship with the steel cutting ceremony in Germany on 25 April. But we will have to wait until 4pm on Thursday (24 May) to know what she is to be called. The ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg was attended by P&O Cruises

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Kids Ahoy as P&O Cruises adds 3,500 places for children in 2018

No sooner do P&O Cruises decide to make Aurora adult only than it makes amends by adding 3,500 child places to its family-friendly ships. Thousands of additional children will be able to Play to their hearts content in The Reef, P&O Cruises complimentary onboard programme Splash around in the family pools Let off steam in

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Sorry kids but Aurora is set to become P&O Cruises’ third ‘adult only’ ship

Following extensive research, P&O Cruises has decided to add Aurora to its “adult only” fleet when she emerges from a refit in March next year. From 8 April 8, 2019, the sound of excited children on board the 1,850 passenger ship will be a thing of the past when she joins Arcadia and Oriana as a ship exclusively for adults. Aurora

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