Tag Archive: Cunard
Carnival Australia makes 405 port calls to New Zealand
Cruise tourism’s love affair with New Zealand is set to gather pace during the imminent 2018-19 summer cruise season with six Carnival Australia lines accounting for a record 405 port calls generating nearly NZD$200 million in economic activity. Sixteen ships … Read more…
Ed Sheeran documentary filmed onboard Queen Mary 2 to be shown at festival
A documentary capturing Ed Sheeran recording his divide album onboard Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2 is being shown at a prestigious film festival, Tribeca. Ed Sheeran made the voyage from New York to Southampton while in the process of recording … Read more…
QM2 guests will be first to board the QE2 Hotel in Dubai
Dubai will welcome the most famous ocean liners in the world when the arrival of Queen Mary 2 coincides with the opening of the Queen Elizabeth 2 hotel. Guests travelling on QM2 will have the opportunity to join VIPs and … Read more…
Cunard Picks Melbourne As Homeport Of Choice For Queen Elizabeth
Cunard has picked Melbourne over Sydney as its homeport of choice for Queen Elizabeth when she is based in Australia in the summer of 2019-20. Queen Elizabeth will be based in Australia for 101 days undertaking six roundtrip cruises from … Read more…
Queen Elizabeth To Host QE2 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Cunard is marking the 50th anniversary of the launch of its iconic Queen Elizabeth 2 vessel with a special voyage to be held on Queen Elizabeth, which will take place next month. After being launched by HM Queen Elizabeth II … Read more…
Cunard & P&O Cruises To Offer Same-Sex Marriages At Sea
From next year both Cunard & P&O Cruises will hold same-sex marriages at sea, following a recent Supreme Court ruling which has allowed the ceremonies to take place in Bermuda. With the exception of Britannia all of P&O Cruises‘ ships … Read more…
Vision Cruise Visits Queen Elizabeth
A number of lucky Vision Cruise staff members were invited to visit a Queen when she arrived in Liverpool on the 11th July, and not just any Queen, Cunard’s magnificent Queen Elizabeth. Read all about it below.. As we arrived … Read more…
Queen Mary 2 To The Rescue
Luxury Cunard cruise liner Queen Mary 2 came to the rescue of a stricken sailor, after his boat became damaged in the middle of the Atlantic. Ex-Royal Marine, Mervyn Wheatley,73, was forced to send out the mayday after getting into … Read more…
£34m Refit Of Queen Victoria Completed By Cunard
One of Cunard’s three iconic ships, Queen Victoria, has now completed her dry-dock makeover set to be worth a reported £34m. Queen Victoria entered dry-dock on May 5th 2017 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Sicily and has undergone a … Read more…