P&O Cruises will debut two new children’s programs aboard its Excellence-class cruise ship Iona for the coming summer cruise season.
Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep to debut aboard Iona
P&O shows off new Altitudes area aboard upcoming LNG mega ship Arvia
P&O Cruises has announced that its new cruise ship Arvia will debut a an experience called Altitudes on its uppermost deck.
Iona sails into Southampton for first time, joining other ships preparing for cruise restart
P&O Cruises newest cruise ship Iona arrived in Southampton for the first time on Sunday, joining her fleet mate Britannia, and MSC Virtuosa, which made her maiden call to the port earlier […]
P&O, Fred Olsen and Viking release UK-focused roundtrip itineraries
P&O Cruises, Fred Olsen and Viking Ocean Cruises have announced a summer cruise season out of the UK between May and September, but one of them will require full vaccination for all […]
P&O Cruises cuts steel for new cruise ship Arvia, sister ship to mega-ship Iona
P&O Cruises has cut the first pieces of steel for its new LNG-powered Excel-class cruise ship Arvia at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
P&O Cruises announces name for second Excel-class LNG powered mega cruise ship
P&O Cruises newest Excel-class cruise ship will be called Arvia, the cruise line has revealed, with the LNG-powered mega ship due to join the six-ship fleet in December, 2022.
Shipyard backlogs in 2020 due to pandemic create spate of new ship deliveries in 2021
The cruise industry, beleaguered by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, will face a dilemma in 2021 as several dozen cruise ships ordered during the boom years of 2017 and 2018 are readied for […]
Iona to feature all-new interactive P&O theatre production in mid-2021
The new LNG-powered mega ship from P&O Cruises, Iona, will feature a new theatre production called Festival when she is introduced in 2021.
Watch: 30 months of cruise ship construction for P&O’s Iona in 30 seconds
P&O Cruises has released a new video that shows a timelapse of the construction of its new LNG mega-ship, Iona, the largest cruise ship ever built for the British cruise market.
P&O Cruises takes delivery of new Excel-class LNG mega ship Iona
The British cruise line P&O Cruies, part of the Carnival Corporation group, has taken delivery of its first Excel-class LNG-powered mega ship, Iona, at a ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in […]
P&O Cruises delays Iona delivery, while unnamed sister ship pushed back to 2022
P&O Cruises has delayed the delivery of its new LNG mega-ship Iona until later this year, while the launch of her sister ship has been delayed until 2022, according to a statement […]
P&O Cruises to dry-dock new LNG mega ship Iona during global cruise shutdown
P&O Cruises is sending Iona into dry-dock for routine inspection work ahead of an expected delivery date in June.
P&O cruise ship Iona completes conveyance down River Ems from shipyard
British cruise line P&O is a step closer to the delivery of its new mega-ship Iona, the largest cruise ship ever built for the UK cruise market, as the ship completed her […]
P&O’s new cruise ship Iona touches water for the first time in float out at Meyer Werft
P&O Cruises’ new ship Iona has “floated out” at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, touching water for the first time ahead of her final fitting out and delivery.
Top 10 new cruise ships coming in 2020
While there are 24 new cruise ships coming in 2020, we can’t include them all here, so we’ve whittled our list down to the ten that we’re most excited about.
Ship Preview: Four new Carnival Corp cruise ships coming in 2020
Carnival Corporation is launching four of the largest cruise ships of the year in 2020, with new mega-ships nearing completion for P&O Cruises (Iona), Princess Cruises (Enchanted Princess), Costa Cruises (Costa Firenze) […]
Gary Barlow to be P&O brand ambassador and musical director of The 710 Club on Iona
British pop star Gary Barlow will be the new brand ambassador for P&O Cruises, as well as musical director of The 710 Club aboard its new mega-ship Iona, the cruise line has […]
P&O Cruises to introduce the first gin distillery at sea aboard new ship Iona
P&O Cruises will develop and install the first distillery at sea on-board Iona, which is due for launch in 2020 and will be the largest cruise ship ever deployed for the UK […]
P&O’s new ship Iona takes another leap toward completion with complex joining procedure
Just days after Royal Caribbean’s new Spectrum of the Seas was floated out of construction hall 2 at the Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany, P&O Cruises’ new ship Iona has had her […]
P&O’s new ship Iona gets her massive 970-square-meter SkyDome
P&O’s newest cruise ship Iona received her 970-square-metre SkyDome on Friday, ahead of her planned 2020 launch.
