Tagged: P&O Cruises Australia

When P&O Cruises President Sture Myrmell presented drought-stricken Queensland farmers Glenda and Des Gray with their ticket on one of the cruise line’s two ‘drought relief’ cruises, Glenda had a simple dream. (more…)

P&O Cruises is set to welcome onboard its ‘Homegrown Hero’ Campbell Remess, the Tassie teenager internationally recognised for making thousands of fluffy teddy bears for sick children and establishing Kindness Cruises to give deserving people a break. (more…)

The decade of big hair, fluro shirts and electric music will live on with P&O Cruises Australia’s new 1980’s Tribute Cruise, and guests can also rock out at the cruise line’s first Country Music Festival at Sea. (more…)

A P&O cruise ship spilled 27,000 litres of food waste and grey water into the Great Barrier Reef marine park in August, a Senate estimates hearing has heard. The Greens senator Larissa Waters told the hearing a report from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority – which is investigating the incident – had been supplied to her anonymously. (theguardian.com)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced the return of Pacific Aria to Auckland for the cruise line’s longest New Zealand season to date spanning seven months from April to October 2020. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced its flagship Pacific Explorer will make Brisbane her new homeport from October 2020. Since 2012 more than one million Queenslanders have cruised with P&O – and almost three quarters of them have sailed from Brisbane. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced the maiden season of its first Grand Class ship Pacific Adventure and the line’s new ‘Voyages’ cruises, which offer exclusive onboard experiences for sailings 13-nights and longer. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia will be offering a limited number of guests exclusive access to a private ‘beach club’ onboard its newest ship, Pacific Adventure. Called the “Byron Beach Club”, the retreat will be available to guests booked in to Pacific Adventure’s suites and mini suites. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has announced its newest and first Grand Class ship will be named Pacific Adventure ™ and will join the cruise line’s family in late 2020. (more…)

P&O Cruises’ Pacific Explorer is featuring on a new Australia Post Norfolk Island commemorative stamp that celebrates one of the region’s most beautiful cruise destinations with deep historic connections to Australia’s home-grown cruise line. (more…)

Working in conjunction with the charity Rural Aid and its Buy-A-Bale campaign, P&O Cruises Australia has set aside 85 cabins across two separate four-night cruises to give hard-pressed farmers and their families a break from the crippling drought in New South Wales and Queensland. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia has revealed a bumper Melbourne Cup cruise 2018 line up headlined by Madeline Stuart, the world’s first professional adult supermodel with Down Syndrome, a star renowned for bringing style and flair to the catwalks of Paris, London and New York fashion week. (more…)

Zen Cruises, a new venture established by the Essel Group that has its headquarters in Mumbai in India has emerged as buyer of Pacific Jewel of P&O Cruises Australia, a report said. Meanwhile, Essel Group has appointed Jurgen Bailom as the President and CEO of Zen Cruises Pvt Ltd, Moneycontrol.com reported on its website. (cruisebusiness.com)

P&O Cruises Australia announced today a second Grand Class ship will join the family while bidding farewell to one of its “jewels” as part of the cruise line’s commitment to refresh the fleet over time. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Aria has completed a 12-day dry dock in Singapore with new features and furnishings including a new-look Dome venue. (more…)

Fresh from the recent resounding success of the inaugural ‘Tribute to the King’ cruise, P&O Cruises plans to rock and roll again in 2019 and is giving hundreds more devoted fans an opportunity to celebrate one of the greatest ever popular music artists. (more…)

Melbourne Pier experienced a colourful sea invasion from the north this morning, with the arrival of a seven-metre giant cane toad and cockroach, accompanied by nearly 2000 New South Wales and Queensland rugby league fans heading to tonight’s opening State of Origin blockbuster. (more…)

P&O Cruises Australia is offering six dedicated cruises to the colourful, cultural and tropical paradise of Papua New Guinea in its latest program release, calling at Alotau, Kitava Island, Rabaul, Kiriwina Island and the Conflict Islands. (more…)

P&O Cruises has extended its partnership with ride-sharing phenomenon GoCatch nationwide following a successful pilot scheme in Brisbane earlier this year. Guests departing on cruises of up to six-nights from any of P&O’s Australian homeports will receive a $50 GoCatch credit per room to go from home to port. (etbtravelnews.global)

Pacific Dawn returned to Brisbane and, prior to arrival at the Portside Cruise Terminal, the Captain thanked disembarking guests for their sensitivity and support for the family who suffered such a devastating loss during the cruise. (etbtravelnews.global)

P&O Cruises will give Kiwis a good reason to laugh out loud with the launch of ‘The Big Laugh’ – a first-of-its-kind Comedy Festival at Sea onboard Pacific Jewel in August 2018. (more…)

The Pacific Jewel has begun a drydock which will bring a fresh and modern look and feel to the ship’s popular public spaces and venues, according to P&O Australia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

P&O Cruises’ has released images of Pacific Jewel’s public spaces and venues which will be revamped during a 10-day dry dock in Sydney next month. The updates will bring a fresh and modern look that is in keeping with the style P&O has become well known for. (etbtravelnews.global)

P&O Cruises is kicking off the South Australia cruise season with its longest itinerary from Adelaide to date – an eight-night round trip cruise to Tasmania on Pacific Eden. The new ‘Taste of Tasmania’ voyage has twice the number of nights of P&O’s previous Adelaide cruises and calls at Melbourne, Hobart and Port Arthur with a scenic pass through Wineglass and Great Oyster Bay. (more…)

The P&O cruise ship on which a man was struck with an empty wine bottle has docked in Sydney. A woman aged 37 has been charged over the alleged attack on the Pacific Explorer ship on Saturday night. (9news.com.au)

More than 3500 guests sailing to Melbourne on Pacific Eden and Pacific Explorer will be treated to a packed program that will take them to the heart of tennis at its competitive best. With tennis fever set to hit the nation soon, fans should be quick to secure their place for 2019, with bookings now available. (more…)

P&O Cruises has hit a towering six with cricket fans by announcing a new partnership with Network Ten and Multi Channel Network (MCN) as a sponsor of the hugely successful KFC Big Bash League for the 2017-18 summer series, which starts Tuesday, 19 December, 2017. (etbtravelnews.global)

P&O Australia has announced its 2019 cruise program, featuring some 43 cruises departing from either Sydney or Brisbane, with Pacific Explorer continuing to sail year-round from her homeport of Sydney between May and October 2019 with a mix of eight to 16-night South Pacific cruises, according to a company statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

P&O Cruises is giving Aussies a good reason to laugh out loud with the launch of ‘The Big Laugh’ – the biggest comedy festival at sea – onboard Pacific Explorer in June 2018. (more…)

P&O Cruises is giving Australian travel agents the chance to be part of NRL history at Western Australia’s first ever double header game in Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Telstra Premiership season. (more…)

P&O Cruises has announced the appointment of Ryan Taibel to Vice President Sales and Marketing Australia and New Zealand as the brand continues to expand its modern cruise holiday offering and grow the new-to-cruise segment. (etbtravelnews.global)

P&O Cruisess Australia, the Sydney based contemporary market unit in the Carnival Corporation & plc group, plans to replace its existing fleet of five ships, all of which were built in the 1990s to other brands, with more modern tonnage over time. (cruisebusiness.com)