Cooking up a storm! The culinary stars who give cruise guests a 5 star vacation

Good food lies at the heart of a great vacation. Which is why cruise lines are working with top chefs around the world to create unforgettable dining experiences. The move to bring top chefs to the high seas is a reflection of the increasing interest in all things food-related. Among shipboard celebrity chefs is award-winning

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P&O Cruises boosts its ‘Number One’ holiday ambition with another new ship in 2022

A second next generation cruise ship capable of carrying 5,200 guests has been confirmed for P&O Cruises, for delivery in 2022. Similar to sister ship Iona currently under construction and due to arrive in 2020, this new-build will be the largest cruise ship to be built specifically for the British market. Both will be registered

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Black Friday for Oriana guests after cruise cancellation

Oriana guests were facing their own Black Friday today as they continued to digest the news that P&O Cruises had cancelled the ship’s 50-day New Year cruise because of the need for “essential maintenance”. The ship was scheduled to leave Southampton on 6 January bound for the Caribbean, Mexico and US but instead will be

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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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How, after 30 years, I traded family-friendly for adult-only with P&O Cruises

Canberra began my love affair with cruising … and it was easy to warm to Arcadia It was hard to believe that it had been 30 years or so since I had first cruised with P&O, boarding the iconic Canberra with four children in tow for my first experience of life on the ocean wave. The excitement

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Extra comfort on the cards as Arcadia and Oceana undergo multi-million pound refits

P&O Cruises has announced details of multi-million pound refits for two of its ships, Arcadia and Oceana, to be carried out in November and December. The enhancements are designed to provide a fresher and more contemporary feel and improve the onboard guest experience. P&O Cruises senior vice president Paul Ludlow said “We continually invest in our ships in

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It’s good news for chickens on 100 Carnival ships

Chickens heading for the dining tables of more than 100 cruise ships have been promised a better deal after Carnival Corporation committed itself yesterday (29 September) to buying only birds that have been reared humanely. It is to shift purchasing policies across its nine leading cruise line brands, including P&O Cruises and Cunard, by 2024

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AIDAnova keel laying marks start of Carnival’s green fleet

Carnival Corporation has kicked off construction of the first of its green fleet of seven ships that will be fully-powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the keel-laying of AIDAnova at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany yesterday (6 September). The seven ships will be delivered by 2022, with AIDAnova leading the way in autumn

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Fly, jump, skydive, or tee off beside a volcano with new P&O Cruises shore excursions

Whether flying high in the sky above Stavanger, freefalling in Flam, Tuk Tuk-ing in Dubrovnik or paddle boarding along the Basque coast, P&O Cruises’ guests now have even more thrilling ways to explore Europe with the introduction of a new programme of shore excursions. Says P&O Cruises senior vice president Paul Ludlow: “This fabulous new

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Tonic for guests as P&O Cruises launches its own exclusive blended gin

To commemorate 180 years of P&O history – and to celebrate World Gin Day on 10 June – P&O Cruises is launching its first-ever exclusive blended gin, named after co-founder, Arthur Anderson. Anderson’s Gin is uniquely hand-crafted and blended by P&O Cruises’ in-house team and distilled at Edinburgh’s award-winning Summerhall Distillery. Each bottle is then

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