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Fathom's inaugural cruise a success
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Fathom’s inaugural cruise a success

Hundreds of cruisers were onboard the MV Adonia for the inaugural voyage of Carnival Corporation’s Fathom holiday – a program where guests have a chance help people in need. Fathom’s first voyage was a seven-night […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Apr 26 2016
Sick ships: bad year after woman nearly dies
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Sick ships: bad year after woman nearly dies

An 89 year old grandmother has come close to death after contracting salmonella onboard Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Astor last month. Shirley Faulkin was one of 13 passengers who contracted the illness during the cruise, […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Apr 15 2016
P&O finalises contract for new Australian ship
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P&O finalises contract for new Australian ship

P&O Cruises Australia has finalised the creation of its new ship which will be built specifically for the Australian and New Zealand market. The ship will be launched in 2019 and will be the largest […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Apr 4 2016
Gratuities tip: Royal Caribbean rise makes it pricey
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Gratuities tip: Royal Caribbean rise makes it pricey

Royal Caribbean is raising the cost of gratuities in standard and guest suites, making it one of the most expensive in Australia. While the rise is just 55 cents a day, it is just the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Apr 1 2016
P&O farewells Pacific Pearl from fleet
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P&O farewells Pacific Pearl from fleet

One of Australia’s most loved ships, P&O’s Pacific Pearl will be leaving the fleet in April 2017, it was announced today. But who will sail her when she leaves Australia is a mystery. P&O refused […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 4 2016
Dressed at their best at P&O cruise
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P&O celebrates the 2015 Melbourne Cup in style

Guests onboard P&O’s three iconic ships – the Pacific Jewel, Pacific Pearl and Pacific Dawn – celebrated this year’s Melbourne Cup in style. It was also a momentous occasion for Pacific Dawn as it was […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 6 2015
P&O cruises pacific pearl
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What a Pearler! P&O issues denial after passengers claims poor behaviour aboard the Pearl

P&O has come to the defence of cruislings after passengers contacted Cruise Passenger to claim poor behaviour aboard the Pacific Pearl 16-day cruise around the South Pacific. According to the passengers, while most of the […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 30 2015
Pacific explorer
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P&O announces new ship for Aussie waters

P&O has just announced a new ship will be entering Australian waters in 2017 – the Pacific Explorer will be joining Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden. The 2000 guest ship will offer an array of […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 26 2015
Holiday Sailings
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Christmas cruises to get you into the spirit

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Forget the mess and the fuss of spending the holiday period at home when lines like Carnival, P&O, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival, APT and many […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 22 2015
Dawn Princess
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Dawn Princess to join the P&O fleet

Carnival Australia announced today that Princess Cruises’ Dawn Princess will join the P&O Australia fleet in May 2017. At 77,000 tonnes and with a passenger capacity of 2,000, Dawn Princess will be the largest ship […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 8 2015
Luke Mangan
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P&O’s Luke Mangan takes us to meet one of his producers

Celebrating his fifth year with P&O Australia, celebrity chef Luke Mangan takes us to meet one of his producers. Heath from LMH Providores has helped Luke find Peter, a Hunter Valley olive oil producer. Luke […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Sep 25 2015
The Top 10 biggest ships
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The top 10 biggest ships

Can you guess which line has the world’s biggest ship? The Telegraph UK has compiled together a list of the top 10 world’s biggest ships. Can you guess how much passengers they carry? Can you […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 13 2015