P&O Cruises has taken delivery of its newest ship, Ventura from Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard. The 116,000 GT, 3,100 berth ship, similar to Princess Cruises‘ Crown Princess, Emerald Princess and upcoming Ruby Princess, is the largest ship ever built for the British market.
Click here for photos from my friend Steve Read, who called her “BREATHTAKING!”
Entries Tagged as ‘P&O Cruises’
Monday, 31 March 2008
P&O Takes Delivery of Ventura
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Peter Ratcliffe to Retire from P&O Princess
P&O Princess Cruises International CEO and Carnival Corporation & plc executive director Peter Ratcliffe has announced that he will retire as CEO of P&O Princess on his 60th birthday, 6 March 2008.
P&O Princess Cruises International is the largest division of Carnival Corporation & plc, encompassing the Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, P&O [...]
Monday, 11 June 2007
Ventura Floats!
P&O Cruises‘ latest ship, Ventura, floated for the first time yesterday at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard.
At 115,000 GT the ship, based on Princess‘ successful Grand-class design, will be the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market. (Interestingly, P&O prefers “superliner” to the American “mega-ship”.) With art from the Tate Modern, food from Marco Pierre [...]
