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P&O launches competition to name new ship
P&O is offering the public the chance to name its new ship in a competition launched today.
The 180,000-ton ship, due to be launched in 2020, will be Britain’s biggest and the cruiseline says it ‘deserves a name that is worthy of its size and credentials’.
The competition to name the ship will run on the P&O Cruises website and through social media channels and a panel of experts will consider all entries with the winning name being announced next year.
To help inspire entrants, P&O Cruises has produced four short videos featuring Food Heroes Eric Lanlard and Olly Smith, producer and performer Jonathan Wilkes and Azura godmother and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell CBE which can be viewed online.
The winner will get two VIP places at the ship’s naming ceremony.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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