More themed cruises for P&O
P&O Cruises is featuring more themed cruises in its 2013 programme, unveiled this week.
The cruise line will bring back its popular Strictly Come Dancing cruises and has signed an exclusive partnership with Classic FM to host Music Festivals at Sea.
It will also run new Food and Wine themed cruise with Marco Pierre White, Atul Kochhar and Olly Smith.’¨
Atul Kochhar and Olly Smith are travelling on a 14-night Western Mediterranean on board Azura, departing April 27, from UKGBP 1,249pp
Marco Pierre White is travelling on a 28-night Caribbean no fly on board Adonia (D318), departing November 22, from UKGBP 2,649pp.
The three will also be travelling regularly throughout 2013 on 11 different cruises hosting talks, demonstrations and book signings.
Themed cruises are detailed, for the first time, in the 2013 brochure, featuring holidays from March 2013 to April 2014.
There are 200 new cruises in the brochure, calling in 215 ports in 84 countries, with seven new ports of call including Ceuta and El Ferrol in Spain, Saaremaa Island in Estonia and Holyhead in Wales.
Holidays in the brochure can be booked from Monday 23 April and pre-registrations can be made from today (Friday) through a travel agent or via phone to P&O Cruises.’¨
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• · 24 night Black Sea cruise on board Azura (A322N), departing September 7
The brochure also contains details of a new addition to Ventura 18 new single cabins. The cabins are being added in March 2013 and will mirror sister ship Azura. Single cabins, with no single supplement will now be available on three ships in the fleet Azura, Oriana and Ventura – with more to come on the new P&O Cruises ship, joining the fleet in 2015.
P&O Cruises managing director Carol Marlow said: "The 2013 programmealso features more northern cruises, with the opportunity of seeing the Northern Lights, more of our popular Iberia / Atlantic Coast itineraries; cruises to the British isles, USA and Canada; Christmas cruises featuring Venice and Dubrovnik, and both Azura and Ventura in the Caribbean for winter."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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