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P&O Cruises launches four day ‘Balcony Giveaway’
For a special Valentines treat this weekend, P&O Cruises is offering free balcony cabin upgrades for new bookings made on a selection of cruises departing between April and September 2012.
The Balcony Giveaway is available for bookings made between February 10 – 13, on a selection of 22 cruise holidays on board Aurora, Azura, Oceana and Ventura.
All cruises in the promotion depart from Southampton and are between three and 17 nights in duration, to a choice of destinations such as the Central Mediterranean, Baltic, Iceland, Greenland, Western Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
Savings are available of up to £1,267 per person for a 14 night Norway, Greenland and Iceland cruise on Aurora (R207) departing June 19, 2012, and prices start from £349 per person for a three night cruise break on board Ventura, departing July 20 (N217N).
Here is a list of the cruises that are available with this superb offer -
Ventura
N212,N213,N217N,N217P,N211,N214,N222,N218,N221,N220
Aurora
R207
Azura
A211,A216,A209,A214,A213,A217,A210,A221,A219,
Oceana
E209,E219
To book please call our team on 01246 555777 be quick this offer will sell out fast – Pay for an inside and get a Balcony!!!
February 2012 is our Free On board spend month with some really fantastic offers of up to £2400 per couple available (D217N). We currently have 28 P&O cruises on Special Offer with between £80 and £2400 per couple Free Spending money.
Here is a brief summary of the cruises available-
ARCADIA
J212 30/8/12 20 nights Eastern Mediterranean £400 to £1220 per couple obc
J218 18/12/12 18 nights Western Mediterranean £160 to £560 per couple obc
AURORA
R209 20/7/12 16 nights Central Mediterranean £160 to £600 per couple obc
R214 02/9/12 24 nights USA & Canada ££240 to £880 per couple obc
R219 01/11/12 22 nights Caribbean No Fly £160 to £640 per couple obc
R221 16/12/12 22 nights Caribbean No Fly £400 to £1720 per couple obc
AZURA
A212 02/6/12 7 nights Northern Cruise £80 to £280 per couple obc
A214 16/06/12 17 nights Central Mediterranean ££320 to £1200 per couple obc
A221 02/09/12 13 nights Western Mediterranean £120 to £440 per couple obc
A230 27/12/12 11 nights Canary Islands £80 to £400 per couple obc
OCEANA
E205 04/4/12 11 nights Canary Islands £160 to £600 per couple obc
E217 03/8/12 7 nights Northern Cruise Break £120 to £480 per couple obc
E301 02/1/13 Caribbean No Fly ££240 to £920 per couple obc
E302 06/2/13 Eastern Mediterranean £320 to £1160 per couple obc
ORIANA
X203 26/4/12 22 nights Caribbean No Fly £320 to £1440 per couple obc
X212 14/7/12 14 nights Northern Cruises £120 to ££520 per couple obc
X219 17/10/12 30 nights Eastern Mediterranean £440 to £2000 per couple obc
VENTURA
N212 20/5/12 14 nights Western Mediterranean £240 to £840 per couple obc
N216 03/7/12 17 nights Central Mediterranean £320 to £1280 per couple obc
N218 27/7/12 16 nights Central Mediterranean £160 to 600 per couple obc
N226 21/10/12 12 nights Canary Islands £160 to £640 per couple obc
ADONIA
D213 31/8/12 16 nights Western Mediterranean £360 to £1560 per couple obc
D214 16/9/12 21 nights Central Mediterranean £440 to £1920 per couple obc
D215N 07/10/12 15 nights Western Mediterranean £280 to £1200 per couple obc
D216N 22/10/12 13 nights Canary Islands £200 to £1040 per couple obc
D217N 04/11/12 28 nights Caribbean No Fly £560 to £2400 per couple obc
D218N 09/12/12 14 nights Canary Islands £200 to £1040 per couple obc
D221 23/12/12 16 nights Canary Islands £400 to £1560 per couple obc
To book or discuss these offers in more detail please call us on 01246 555777 today.
Strictly come dancing goes to sea with P&O Cruises
As the famous Strictly glitter ball turned for the last time this series on Saturday, fans can join the stars of the show next summer on two P&O Cruises holidays.
P&O Cruises will have top names from the highly-rated BBC programme on two Oriana cruises – a 12 night Canary Islands cruise on May 28 and a 14 night Fjords cruise on July 14. Passengers can learn how to jive, foxtrot, rumba, quickstep and more from the professionals and join acerbic judge Craig Revel-Horwood for a night in the theatre.
As some of Strictly Come Dancing’s most loved professionals show off their award-winning routines, passengers will also be able to see a collection of the exquisitely intricate costumes worn by the celebrities and stars this series.
P&O Cruises managing director, Carol Marlow said: “We are so excited to bring the magic of the Strictly ballroom to Oriana this summer. Our passengers will be able to learn with the professional dancers, watch extraordinary show dances and hear some of the secrets of this global phenomenon.”
Richard Halliwell, Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing With The Stars’ commercial brand director, said: “The Strictly brand is very well suited to an ocean cruise given the heady mixture of elegance, romance, high-class entertainment and exhilarating destinations. We’re very excited about this new adventure with P&O Cruises and I believe Craig Revel-Horwood has already packed his bags!”
Prices for Oriana’s X206 12 night Canary Islands cruise departing May 28 start at £1,349 per person. Departing from and returning to Southampton, ports of call are Ponta Delgada, Horta, Madeira, Gran Canaria, Lisbon and Vigo.
Prices for Oriana’s X212 14 night Fjords cruise departing July 14 start at £1,599 per person. Departing from and returning to Southampton, ports of call are Stavanger, Alesund, Trondheim, cruise in Trondheimsfjord, Ny Alesund, Tromso, Bergen, Eidfjord and cruise in Hardangerfjord.
Dancing with the Stars is one of BBC Worldwide’s flagship brands. Sold to over 75 countries worldwide, with 35 local versions produced, it is a global phenomenon which now holds the Guinness World Record for the Most Successful Reality TV Format of all time.
2 week P&O Caribbean Cruise for only £599pp!
This is the offer of the year! 14 day Caribbean Cruise on P&O Azura sailing roundtrip Barbados on 10th December from only £599 per person which is only £43pp per day!!
For more information please click HERE
| Barbados – Barbados | Embark Azura. Overnight in Port | |
| 11 Dec 2011 | Barbados – Barbados | Sail late afternoon |
| 12 Dec 2011 | Curacao – Netherlands Antilles | |
| 13 Dec 2011 | Aruba – Netherlands Antilles | |
| 15 Dec 2011 | Grand Turk – Turks & Caicos | |
| 17 Dec 2011 | Tortola – Virgin Islands, UK | |
| 18 Dec 2011 | St Maarten – Netherlands Antilles | |
| 19 Dec 2011 | St Kitts – St Kitts and Nevis | |
| 21 Dec 2011 | St Lucia – Saint Lucia | |
| 22 Dec 2011 | Grenada – Saint Vincent & Grenadines | |
| 24 Dec 2011 | Barbados – Barbados |
The Cruise Sale – Anniversary Savings
Next year, P&O Cruises will be celebrating their 175 years of history and to mark the occasion they have introduced the P&O Anniversary Sale. From 1st December 2011 to 29th February 2012 all 2012 sailings (excluding World Cruises) will benefit from some fantastic savings of up to 10%.
Fares from £229 per person
7-night Fjords cruises from £599pp
12-night Canary Islands cruise from £879pp
14-night Caribbean cruises from £1599pp
16-night Central Mediterranean cruises from £1399pp
As well as the 175th Anniversary 10% saving we are able to offer 16 Special departures from Travel Advisors, giving you additional Free on board spending money of up to £340 per person (based on cruise X219).
28 night caribbean cruise from only £65 per person per night
Fantastic offer from P&O Cruises
P&O Ventura 28 night Caribbean cruise departing on 15th December visiting
Barbados, St Maarten, Tortola, Catalina Island, St Kitts, Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba, Grand Turk, Tortola, St Maarten, St Kitts, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados (Overnight)
From only £1799 per person which is only £65 per person per night.
For the full itinerary and more details please click HERE.
Our latest P&O Cruises offers
P&O Cruises Tipping
Here is some important news from P&O Cruises just released today 25th November 2011.
“From April 2012 (effective cruises below), P&O Cruises will be introducing a new scheme designed to remove the confusion over the age-old question of tipping.
We’ve always been a company both proud of and dedicated to providing our passengers with excellent customer service. Our reputation demands it and we are all passionate about delivering it. Our crew work extremely hard to deliver the high level of service that our passengers rightly expect of us. More recently many of our passengers have told us that tipping on board can be a source of confusion and embarrassment, not least for those who are trying cruising for the first time. And for our crew, this confusion can lead to some very significant variations in their take home earnings.. We have looked at how we can make it easier and fairer for both our passengers and crew and, as a result, have developed a new arrangement for tipping that will apply to all P&O Cruises holidays sailing from April 2012 onwards.
The recommended daily rate of £3.10 will now automatically be added to a passenger’s on board account on a daily basis. This will be shared out among restaurant and accommodation staff.
The new scheme is effective from the below cruises
Ventura - N206 - 23 March 2012
Oceana - E204 - 21 March 2012
Azura - A207 - 30 March 2012
Adonia - D203 - 9 April 2012
Oriana - X202 - 10 April 2012
Aurora - R202 - 12 April 2012
Arcadia - J202 - 27 April 2012
We have written to all passengers who have a cruise booked with us on a 2012/2013 sailing to advise them of the changes”
To see all our P&O Cruises offers click HERE
Seafood, spice and festive tipples – Christmas made easy with Marco, Olly and Atul
For those who are stuck for inspiration for Christmas dishes or never really know what to do with the piles of leftover turkey, then the new short videos from Marco Pierre White and Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar will solve the dilemma.
The two chefs, both of whom have restaurants on P&O Cruises ships, show how to make Christmas menus which will impress friends and family, but be simple and stress-free to prepare.
Marco shows how to make a seafood platter for Christmas Eve with a variety of fresh ingredients including Scottish lobsters, Colchester oysters, whelks from the south coast, Dublin Bay prawns/langoustines, crabs from Cornwall and prawns.
To accompany the seafood platter Marco prepares fresh tartare sauce, shallot & red wine vinegar and classic Marie Rose sauce.
Celebrity wine expert, Olly Smith, who has The Glass House wine bar and restaurant on Azura, joins Marco to taste the seafood and chooses the following wines to accompany the dish:
- · Blind River Sauvignon Blanc 2010, New Zealand £12.49, Majestic (Glass House favourite)
· Taste the Difference Rias Baixas Albariño 2010, Spain £7.99, Sainsburys
· Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2004 Grand Cru Champagne, France, £30.99, Waitrose
In the second video, renowned Indian chef Atul Kochhar who has the Sindhu restaurant on Azura, shows how to make filo turkey biryani parcels with coconut gravy; aromatic turkey burgers with cranberry chutney and spicy vegetables.
Olly joins his Saturday Kitchen co-presenter to make recommendations for Atul’s piquant menu which include:
- · Ken Forrester The Work Horse Chenin Blanc, South Africa £7.99, Marks & Spencer, which is, according to Olly “the little cousin of the FMC big seller in The Glass House and great with mild spicy cooking.”
· Wither Hills Pinot Gris 2011 New Zealand £9.99, Waitrose
· Peller Sparkling Ice Cuvée, Canada £21.90, www.slurp.co.uk
In a third video Olly Smith makes wine recommendations to accompany Christmas lunch. He chooses interesting “off the beaten track” wines which will pair well with the celebratory meal.
- · Coates and Seely Rosé Hampshire sparkling wine £29.90, www.slurp.co.uk
· Frog’s Leap Zinfandel 2008, California £22.79, Waitrose
· Sainsburys Taste the Difference 12 year old sweet Pedro Ximenez sherry (with Christmas pudding) £7.99, Sainsburys
All videos can be viewed at www.youtube.com/pandocruises and direct links to each video are:
Marco Pierre White’s seafood platter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzjY-RRMhIM&feature=related
Atul Kochhar’s Boxing Day feast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwDZVQtpqd8
Olly Smith’s festive tipples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qds1oRNVmvw
Oceana 12 night cruise to the Canary Islands from only £799pp
Fantastic last minute offer from P&O Cruises, 12 night Canary Island cruise departing Southampton on the 9th November (be quick!!) from only £799pp.
For the full itinerary and more details please click HERE.


















