LONDON, ENGLAND, January 11, 2012 (Press-News.org) Collectively the four cruises will visit 148 ports of call and highlights include overnight stays in Buenos Aires, New Orleans, Sydney and Cape Town and scenic cruising in the Amazon, Cape Horn, Beagle Channel and the Amalia Glacier.
All four ships will be flying the 175th Anniversary flag as P&O Cruises kicks off a full year of celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of when the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was formed.
World cruises offer unrivalled value for money with prices for the 2012 itineraries starting at GBP82 per person per night, including all meals, entertainment and accommodation on board.
World cruises are increasingly seen as the ideal way to travel the world in comfort and style and more than 6,000 people will be setting sail with P&O Cruises, collectively consuming more than 1,636,600 cups of tea, 3,200,000 sachets of sugar; 21,700 lobsters and 66,000 cocktails.
The four 2012 world cruises are:
- Aurora, 98-night westabout full world circumnavigation departs Wednesday January 4 2012
- Oriana, 97-night eastabout full world circumnavigation departs Thursday January 5 2012
- Arcadia, 109-night Grand Odyssey departs Monday January 9 2012
- Adonia, 87-night South America Grand Adventure departs Friday January 13 2012
A number of cabins are available on the full Aurora world cruise, with prices from GBP8,799 for the 98-night cruise departing January 5. A range of shorter sectors of the world cruises are also available and priced from GBP1,349 for a 17 night cruise from Southampton to Dubai on board Oriana, departing January 5.
About P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises can trace its roots back to 1837 when the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was awarded the lucrative Admiralty contract to carry mail to the Iberian Peninsula and beyond. Not long afterwards the concept of cruising was born and since then has evolved into a popular holiday choice and now P&O Cruises carries more British cruisers than any other line. Today, as trusted cruise experts, P&O Cruises has a fleet of seven cruise liners offering holidays tailored to British tastes combining genuine service, a sense of occasion and attention to detail, ensuring passengers have the holiday of a lifetime, every time. Azura was launched in April 2010 - officially named by Godmother Darcey Bussell CBE. Small ship Adonia was added to the fleet in May 2011, named by Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE, and a new 141,000 ton as yet unnamed ship will be added to the fleet in spring 2015. P&O Cruises offer passengers the most stylish and contemporary holidays afloat including cruises to the Caribbean, cruises to the Mediterranean, & luxury short cruises. P&O Cruises offer direct Southampton cruises or fly-cruise holidays from many regional airports. Don't miss your chance to book a cruise with P&O Cruises today, with plenty of cruise offers online.
For further press information please contact:
Michele Andjel, michele.andjel@carnivalukgroup.com 023 8065 6653/07730 732 072
Kate Rist, kate.rist@pocruises.com 023 8065 6652/07730 732 065
Jess Reid, jessica.reid@pocruises.com 023 8065 6650 / 07795 052 973
Website: http://www.pocruises.com
P&O Cruises Brings GBP10 Million to the City of Southampton with January World Cruises
P&O Cruises will boost the local economy by GBP10 million* as around 6,000 people depart on four world cruises from Southampton in the first two weeks of January for the first time.
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[Press-News.org] P&O Cruises Brings GBP10 Million to the City of Southampton with January World CruisesP&O Cruises will boost the local economy by GBP10 million* as around 6,000 people depart on four world cruises from Southampton in the first two weeks of January for the first time.