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P&O Cruises’ Arcadia to run first world cruise
P&O Cruises’ ship Arcadia is to make its first round the world sailing in 2009 instead of older vessel Artemis.
The adults-only vessel, launched two years ago, will run a 101-night cruise concentrating on the Middle East, India, the Orient and Australia. New ports of call include Nagasaki in Japan, Xingang for tours to Beijing or the Great Wall and Sihanoukville in Cambodia. Prices start at £8,999.
Arcadia is one of three of the line’s fleet to offer world cruises in two years’ time. Between the trio of ships, 71 destinations in 34 countries will be visited. Prices start at £89 per person per night on Arcadia.
A 45% early booking discount is available and bookings made before November 30 will receive double on board credit, up to £500 per person on Aurora and Oriana and £750 per person on Arcadia.
Aurora will sail on a 93-night eastbound circumnavigation of the globe, featuring more calls than before in New Zealand including new port Tauranga. Other new ports of call are East London in South Africa, Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and Townsville in Australia. Prices start at £8,599.
Oriana will sail for 82 nights on a westbound world cruise departing on January 8, 2009. Destinations such as Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore are coupled with more unusual, ports of call such as Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Oriana will also transit both Panama and Suez Canals. Prices start at £7,899.
Line voyages range from 36 to 65 nights in duration and are priced from £3,949. A one-night stay in Auckland starts at £99 and a three-night stay in Sydney from £249.
Head of brand marketing Philip Price said: “A world voyage is the most indulgent and leisurely way to see the world. We are finding that they are increasingly popular with people who did not have a gap year earlier and life and now have the inclination to do so, but in a little more comfort and style.”
by Phil Davies
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