Jan Swartz president of Princess Cruises

The Secret is out for Princess Cruises

The Oscar-winning composer, Stephen Schwartz, has created a third production show, The Secret Silk, for Princess Cruises. The show, which tells the story of a young woman who possesses the gift of creating brilliant silk fabrics, will open on the 3,560-guest Royal Princess in the Caribbean in February before heading to the UK for a series of round

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Ahoy there! Royal Princess prepares to cruise back on to our screens

The popular ITV documentary, The Cruise, will be sailing back onto our TV screens next week. The first episode of the six-part series returns at 8.30pm on Thursday (11 January). Set on board the 3,600 guest Royal Princess, the series will follow crew and guests as they cruise around the Mediterranean. Filming ‘The Cruise’ on board

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Sapphire Princess

On the ball … You can tune in to all the big sport on Sapphire Princess this summer

In case you avid sport fans are worried about missing out on the action while on holiday, then fear not as Princess Cruises will be broadcasting all of this summer’s major UK sporting events on its dedicated UK ship, Sapphire Princess. While the 2,670-guest vessel is sailing on its series of voyages to the Mediterranean and

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Princess Cruises celebrates 50 years of Alaska cruising with biggest ever season in 2019

Royal Princess will become the largest Princess ship ever to sail in Alaska when she spearheads the line’s 50th year of cruising in the region in 2019. Seven Princess Cruises ships will sail to Alaska with the inaugural season of Royal Princess, as the line clocks up its largest ever season of cruises in the wild

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Princess Cruises crowns ‘24k Gold Rita’ as king of the cocktails for 2017

Princess Cruises has crowned the 24k Gold, a citrus-based margarita, as king of its cocktails in 2017, topping a list of the 12 best-selling cocktails across its fleet of 17 ships. Favourites including the Cosmopolitan, Long Island Iced Tea, Mojito, Pina Colada and Strawberry Daiquiri all make the list. But it’s the ‘24k Rita’, a Princess

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Blast from the past! Princess Cruises restores the name Sky Princess to the fleet with new ship

Princess Cruises has revealed that its fourth Royal-class ship will be named Sky Princess, resurrecting the name not seen since 2000. When Princess merged with Sitmar Cruises in 1988, Fairsky was renamed Sky Princess and sailed with the fleet for 12 years. Sky Princess restores the name to the fleet after an absence of 12 years

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Bubbly jubbly! Princess Cruises celebrates fifth anniversary in Southeast Asia

Princess Cruises has celebrated its fifth anniversary of operations in Southeast Asia with a sparkling event in Singapore capped by a champagne waterfall. The event was attended by more than 150 guests including travel agents, Captain’s Circle members and travel partners onboard Sapphire Princess which has arrived in Singapore to commence her homeporting season at

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Spruced up Sea Princess makes a wave as she sets sail with a brand new look

Sea Princess has set sail with a brand new look on the ship’s bow, new entertainment and dining options as well as luxury beds in all cabins. The 1,950-guest ship emerged from a two-week dry dock in Singapore with her bow featuring the iconic Princess Cruises logo with her elegantly flowing hair like the waves of

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Crew of Royal Princess celebrate 200 days until return to Southampton

Today marks 200 days until the 3,560-guest Royal Princess arrives back in Southampton to sail on a series of round Britain cruises next spring and summer. Since Royal Princess was launched by the Duchess of Cambridge in June 2013, she has travelled more than 500,000 miles. The crew of Royal Princess take a bow The ship will

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The ultimate in laid back cruising past Sydney Opera House …

Cruising into Sydney past the Opera House is something to savour at the best of times … but this was taking the laid-back experience to a whole new level. Princess Cruises decided this was the best way to air its new luxury bed – which promises “the ultimate night of sleep at sea”. Princess Cruises

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