Tagged: P&O Cruises Australia

P&O Cruises Australia, which has been sailing from Australia for nearly 90 years as the nation’s home-grown cruise line, today (27/08/2021) announced its plan to re-start operations with voyages for vaccinated guests and crew. (more…)

In line with the periodic review of its temporary pause in operations, P&O Cruises Australia today (May 4, 2021) announced a six-week extension to the pause to 17 September, 2021. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia’s much-anticipated ship Pacific Encounter has today completed her transformation, leaving ‘dry dock’ in Singapore with her iconic ‘name badge’ and the stylish finishing touches to her onboard spaces and features. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its pause in guest operations until the end of July this year as it remains positive about a pathway for the cruise industry’s return to service. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia is maintaining its optimism for the ultimate restart of cruising while, in the meantime, again taking a practical approach in extending its current operational pause to departures on or before 18 June, 2021. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations in New Zealand to departures on and before 25 April, 2021 as the cruise line and the wider industry continue to work with government and public health authorities on the appropriate time to restart sailing. (more…)

The Crypto Cruise Ship is being prepared to set sail from the Mediterranean and anchor in the Gulf of Panama. The 804 ft ship (Pacific Dawn), recently purchased from a major cruise line, is to be named MS Satoshi. (more…)

P&O Australia’s Pacific Dawn has departed the cruise operator’s fleet five months early after the ship’s previous buyer, Cruise & Maritime Voyages, went insolvent earlier this year. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

P&O Cruises’ flagship Pacific Explorer has returned to her Sydney home on March 16 sporting new features and attractions following a stunning makeover. Popular dining outlets, Luke’s and 400 Gradi, have been given a striking new look during Pacific Explorer’s recent dry dock. (more…)

Passengers holding Chinese passports aboard Pacific Explorer were forced to debark the ship in Cairns following Singapore’s decision to ban all travellers holding Chinese passports from entering the country. It is believed a total of 81 people were transported by buses waiting at Cairns cruise terminal to other accommodation. (cruisecritic.com)

A record number of families will sail with P&O Cruises when Pacific Adventure joins the fleet next year with exciting attractions including Adventure’s dual-racing waterslide — the ‘Twin Racer’ — and a pool that is an integral part of a new family-dedicated entertainment area. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced that the Pacific Dawn and Pacific Aria will leave the fleet in 2021 as the Pacific Encounter will join the company; the ship is currently sailing as the Star Princess. (more…)

It has taken more than 10 years sailing in and sailing out again but P&O Cruises Captain Salvatore Lupo has recorded an astounding 500 transits of Brisbane taking thousands of Queenslanders on cruise holidays. (more…)

P&O Cruises’ newest ship to call Australia home will feature the first-of-its-kind dual racing waterslides where family and friends can challenge each other to score the fastest time. (more…)

P&O Cruises and Gold Coast singing star Ricki-Lee have remastered a classic state anthem, ‘Love You Queensland’, 30 years after its first release, which from today becomes the theme song each time the cruise line sails from Brisbane. (more…)

Marking World Maritime Day, P&O Cruises today saluted international seafarers including the cruise line’s public face of the celebration, Pacific Explorer Second Officer Amy Templeton. (more…)

Eden residents Colin and Jenny Hunter had an excellent reason for cruising to their hometown on board Pacific Explorer as the P&O Cruises’ flagship became the first cruise ship to use the port’s $44 million wharf extension. (more…)

It is 50 years since P&O first sailed to the Melbourne Cup and a half century on the cruise line is doing it in style with Australian model and media personality Fiona Falkiner leading the ‘Fashion at Sea’ glamour on flagship Pacific Explorer. (more…)

In a case of one was never going to be enough, P&O Cruises today announced there will be two ‘Tribute to the King’ cruises in 2020 for diehard rock and roll fans sailing from both Sydney and Brisbane. (more…)

Country music fever is hitting the high seas with three of Australia’s latest and greatest country music stars confirmed to headline P&O Cruises’ first country music themed cruise departing Brisbane this December. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia announced its sixth consecutive year of calling Adelaide home with Pacific Aria to lead the cruise line’s longest ever cruise season in the just released 2021 program. (more…)

After an amazing 16 years carrying passengers from Brisbane, P&O Cruises Australia is on the threshold of carrying two million guests from the Queensland capital with the biggest ever new program of itineraries on sale from today (June 27). (more…)

P&O Cruises’ Pacific Explorer arrived in Hobart this morning with more than 2000 passengers and crew who will be visiting Tasmania’s Dark Mofo festival. The cruise brings the single largest group of interstate visitors to the state’s iconic winter event and is expected to inject around $750,000 into the local economy. (more…)

Oh buoy! Shake your sea legs and get ready for some raucous laughter because P&O Cruises’ annual comedy festival at sea is back for a third time in 2020. Park the dad jokes and leave the banter to the professionals on Pacific Aria’s three-night comedy cruise which departs Auckland on September 4 – just in time for Father’s Day. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia is making it even easier for guests to budget and pay for their next holiday by offering P&O EZpay – a new feature which conveniently spreads the cost of a cruise over a period of time. (more…)

An “army” of Queensland Rugby League fans marched into the heart of Sydney today to stake their claim on this year’s State of Origin series as intensity builds ahead of the opening game. (more…)

P&O Cruises’ fleet transformation is gathering pace with all the excitement of Pacific Adventure on the horizon as Pacific Jewel and Pacific Eden are farewelled following their huge brand building contribution. (more…)

Are you having a laugh? Because we are! P&O Cruises will have guests in stitches with laughter when flagship Pacific Explorer departs on a first of its kind voyage to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced a star-studded line-up for its second annual biggest comedy festival at sea onboard Pacific Explorer in June 2019. (more…)

The Queensland Rugby League is thrilled to welcome P&O Cruises Australia as the Major Partner of its expanding Maroon Membership program for the next two years. The partnership brings together two of the state’s favourite pastimes – State of Origin rugby league and South Pacific cruising – to create unique and rewarding fan experiences for Queenslanders. (etbtravelnews.global)