P&O Cruises Announces Performer And Hosts For Arvia’s Naming Ceremony

Chart-topper Olly Murs will lead the line-up of performers at the beach-side naming ceremony of P&O Cruises newest ship Arvia in Barbados later this month. The award-winning singer will treat guests watching the live broadcast to his best-loved hits as he performs from Heywood’s Beach on Thursday March 16, 2023. Hosting the ceremony, which will…

P&O Cruises releases Arvia SkyDome first-look video

The first look at P&O Cruises retractable roof SkyDome on board new ship Arvia, arriving December 2022, has been unveiled in a new video. The retractable roof glass SkyDome, a first for P&O Cruises, has been designed to maximise time in the sunshine in the warm climes Arvia will visit,  commencing with a Caribbean maiden…

P&O Cruises Offers Ultimate Escape UK Cruises This Summer

P&O Cruises is offering a series of short breaks on flagship Britannia this summer and week-long cruises on new ship Iona. These cruises will depart from Southampton between June and September, sailing around the UK coast, “where the sun shines brightest.” P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “Given recent announcements we have every hope that…

Steel-Cutting Ceremony Held For P&O Cruises ‘Arvia’

A major construction milestone in the future of British cruising has been marked as P&O Cruises cuts the first piece of steel for new ship Arvia. The 184,700-tonne sister ship to Iona is being built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.  The company’s second LNG-powered Excel class ship will join the P&O Cruises…

P&O Cruises Extends Pause In Operations Into April 2021

P&O Cruises has extended the pause in operations into April 2021 in response to the current uncertainty around European ports of call. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “With hopeful news headlines clearly we do not want to extend our pause in operations any further than absolutely necessary, but given the ever changing guidance around…

P&O Cruises Welcomes IONA To The Fleet

P&O Cruises officially welcomes new ship Iona to its fleet – a “positive signal for the future” At an official handover ceremony with the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany on Friday,  P&O Cruises took ownership of Iona, the latest addition to its fleet and the largest cruise ship ever built for the UK market. At…