Gok Wan joins roster of celebrity speakers on Sapphire Princess


TV presenter and fashion expert Gok Wan has joined a line-up of


celebrities speaking on UK-based Sapphire Princess this summer. The 2,670-passenger vessel


will sail ex-Southampton voyages to the Mediterranean, northern Europe, Canada and New England. Wan will be on Sapphire’s


seven-night Norwegian Fjords cruise, departing July 6.


Among the 12 celebrities lined


up are former Olympic skier Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards, TV presenter Des O’Connor, Princess Diana’s butler Paul Burrell and popstar Duncan James. All will host 45-minute talks. Prices for the 14-night


GOK WAN: The fashion expert will speak on Norwegian Fjords cruise


Mediterranean Explorer cruise, featuring appearances by James and Edwards, and departing on July 27, lead in at £1,299. Princess is to extend its WiFi


system from four to 10 ships this year. MedallionNet will be


installed on Crown Princess, Emerald Princess, Golden Princess, Coral Princess, Island Princess and Sky Princess by the end of 2019. princess.com


Cunard adds emba


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Cunard has made Liverpool an embarkation port for a transatlantic sailing this summer in response to trade demand.


Passengers can now board Queen


Mary 2 in Liverpool on July 16 for a 12-night sailing to New York, joining the ship two days after it sets sail from Southampton. The new Northern Atlantic


Westbound Crossing and Iceland sailing, departing Southampton on July 14, leads in at £1,999. As well as Liverpool, ports of


call include Reykjavik, Iceland; and Corner Brook and Halifax, Canada.


Prices for passengers boarding


in Liverpool lead in at £1,749. A Cunard spokeswoman


said: “We have listened to agent feedback and are delighted to be able to accommodate this request.” Cunard has also released details of its winter 2020-21 programme. It features three new ports of call: the Taiwanese city of Hualien; Miyakojima in Japan; and New Plymouth, New Zealand. The line’s three ships are scheduled to cover 94 destinations in 38 countries between November 2020 and May 2021. Flagship Queen Mary 2 will be heading for southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, southeast Asia and the Mediterranean.


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