CRUISE NEWS YOU CAN USE


P&O plans full winter season in Gulf


Harry Kemble harry.kemble@travelweekly.co.uk


P&O Cruises’ new winter 2019-20 programme features a full season of Dubai and Arabian Gulf cruises, an extended Caribbean season, a world cruise and a new Northern Lights itinerary.


The line’s Dubai and Arabian


Gulf fly-cruise programme has been expanded to include three 14-night voyages to India, a 12-night Christmas and New Year’s Eve voyage in Dubai and two seven-night itineraries, including one over February half-term. The sailings will be on Oceana,


which will be based in Dubai. P&O Cruises, which has never


before deployed a ship in the region for six months, is offering itineraries until March 2020. Alex White, P&O Cruises’ sales


vice-president, said the decision to offer more sailings in Dubai and


the Arabian Gulf was part of the operator’s ambition to be regarded as a holiday company, not just a cruise line. “Offering more choice absolutely


plays into that,” he said. “We know there is great demand


BRITANNIA: The ship will sail in the Caribbean in winter 2019-20


for land-based holidays in Dubai and the Arabian Gulf so that is why there is an extended season there.” The lead-in price for a 10-night Dubai & Arabian Gulf sailing,


departing on October 31, is £1,099. Britannia and Azura will


run Caribbean fly-cruises with


14-night itineraries to nine ports. Arcadia will operate a 99-night


world cruise, departing on January 3, 2020, and including a stop at Manzanillo in Mexico, a


new port of call for P&O Cruises. The lead-in price for the sailing is £9,999. In addition to three cruises


operated by Aurora and Arcadia in February and March 2020, an extra 12-night Northern Lights cruise has been added in autumn 2019. The November 3 sailing on


Aurora, which will return from its March refit next year as an adult- only vessel, will lead in at £999. The programme goes on general


sale on March 21 with a 5% deposit offer for bookings by April 30. P&O Cruises’ new brochure is


being distributed to travel agents across the UK this month before


the programme goes on sale. pocruises.com


15 March 2018 travelweekly.co.uk 27


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80