After Small, P&O Go BIG
Cruise News Avalon and On
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ollowing the inauguration of Adonia, the smallest ship in their fleet, P&O CRUISES has announced an order for the largest ship in its history, a 141,000-ton vessel, from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and scheduled to enter service in March 2015. The as-yet-unnamed 3,611-passen- ger ship will be the largest built specifically for the British market and promises to usher in an exciting new era for P&O. The mega-ship will offer a stylish and innovative new design and an unprecedented number of passen- ger facilities, along with many of the brand’s classic and iconic features. Specifications and new product
innovations will be announced at a later date.
Managing director Carol Marlow insisted: “This next-generation ship will deliver the ultimate P&O Cruises experience, with ‘sophisticated wows’ and new features to attract thousands of newcomers to our brand, and equally to resonate with existing passengers by giving them the ‘P&O-ness’ they recognise and love. “She will offer ‘the best of the best,’ combining the favourite classic features of Oriana and Aurora, the choice and variety of Azura and Ventura, and a host of new ideas and concepts which will deliver the holiday of a lifetime.”
A Towering First For SeaDream
AVALON WATERWAYS has launched its full programme of 2012 river cruises with the announcement of two new ‘suite’ ships, Avalon Visionary and Vista, both for delivery next year. Following high demand for their first ‘suite ship’ Avalon Panorama (in May), the new duo will offer the same state-of-the-art design, spacious suites and high service. Two full decks of suites will feature the same panoramic windows and ‘open air balconies’, plus king-sized beds and full-sized bathrooms. Royal Suite guests will have Apple iPads. Vista will sail the 11-day ‘Legendary
Danube’, 13-day ‘Blue Danube Discov- ery’ and 15-day ‘Magnificent Europe’ cruises while Visionary will be on the 8-day ‘Romantic Rhine’ route and offer new Festive cruises. Avalon will also add a Mekong River cruise in 2012, with a brand new 32-passenger vessel sailing between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Siem Reap, Cambodia. The new ship will be called Avalon Angkor and the company plans to combine a seven-night sailing on the Mekong with pre and post-cruise stays in Ho Chi Minh City and Siem Reap, with packages lasting up to two weeks. More info: Call 0800 668 1801 or visit
www.avaloncruises.co.uk.
Ponant’s UK Brochure
The stylish, 112-guest mega-yacht SeaDream I made its first visit to London in May, mooring alongside the HMS Belfast at Tower Bridge. The SEADREAM YACHT CLUB vessel
was also showcased to more than 400 UK travel industry professionals and the media to highlight the company’s first season in the Baltic this summer and their more
extensive Mediterranean itineraries in 2012. SeaDream president Bob Lepisto said: “Bringing SeaDream I to the UK was a long-held dream of both mine and owner/ chairman Atle Brynestad, and to bring her to the pool of London over such a sunny weekend has been an absolute delight.” More info: call 0800 783 1373 or visit
www.seadream.com.
Following April’s successful launch of their new 264-passenger super-yacht L’Austral, French cruise line COMPAGNIE DU PONANT has introduced a UK brochure for 2011/12, together with accompanying sterling fares. The user-friendly publication features 89 voyages aboard the 32-cabin, 3-masted Le Ponant; the sleek, 45-cabin Le Levant; sister super yachts Le Boréal and L’Austral; and the more traditional 226-guest Le Diamant. WHAT’S NEW: the launch of L’Austral in April 2011, sailing to Antarctica, South Georgia, Australia and the Pacific; New Destinations, Australia and the Pacific from Darwin to Valparaiso; The Azores on Le Boreal; Cuba and the Dominican Republic; Indonesia, Borneo and the Philippines; Unusual Itineraries: sailing up Guadalguivir to Seville on Le Levant; a cruise from Haiphong (Vietnam) to Manila (Philippines) on Le Diamant. More info: call 0808 234 3802 or visit
http://en.ponant.com/Brochures
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