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The owner of a rich and illustrious history P&O Cruises have always been synonymous with cruising holidays of the highest quality. It is said that P&O "invented" cruising. In the 1880s the Orient Line and the North of Scotland company, both later to be taken over by P&O, pioneered modern-style cruises, and in 1904 P&O offered its first cruise holiday programme, a first class only cruise with shore excursions arranged by Thomas Cook. The tour used the 23-year-old liner Rome, renaming her Vectis in her new role as a "cruising yacht." Between the wars cruising became more popular, often using the newest ships in the fleet rather than the oldest. Tourist class cruises began in the early 1930s followed by Pacific cruises from Australia a few years later. With no rigid mail contracts after 1945, cruising became still more important to the shipping industry. P&O Cruises last ship built for scheduled line voyages, the Canberra, was delivered in 1961 but in little more than a decade jet airlines had taken over the company's traditional passenger trades while the container ship packed up liner cargoes. Forced to concentrate on the leisure side of sea travel, P&O Cruises abolished passenger classes, acquired Los Angeles-based Princess Cruises in 1974, and Sitmar Cruises in 1988. P&O Princess Cruises de-merged from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company on 23 October 2000, when it started trading as an independent company on the London and New York Stock Exchanges.
P&O Australia cruises travel the South Pacific departing from Queensland, Sydney and Auckland and provide the complete cruise holiday experience for all the family. Taking into account everything that is included in your cruise price such as meals, entertainment and activities on board, as well as a new horizon every day, a P&O cruise offers exceptional value when compared with land-based resort holidays.
Whatever you want
In many ways, your life on board as a P&O passenger is very much what you want it to be. If you are looking for total peace, calm and relaxation, you'll find it. If you are looking for entertainment, nightlife and adventure youll find that too. The fact is, most people want a bit of both and P&O Cruises are only too happy to oblige. There's so much choice of food, entertainment, facilities and accommodation on a P&O cruise, that its very hard to sum it all up. Each ship has its own particular personality and atmosphere.
Dining
On any P&O Cruises holiday your main meals are always included in your cruise fare. In 2008 P&O embarked on a culinary overhaul, responding to a growing demand for more sophisticated food. Fresh, local ingredients on a range of new menus, a re-vamp of the wine list to focus on Australia and New Zealand, an introduction of specialist onboard coffee ambassadors and the recruitment of a new Corporate Executive Chef and Manager of Food and Beverage Operations to drive forward innovation in cuisine selection, have all formed a part of the culinary re-vamp.Night Life
Imagine being able to step out every night and catch a live show that feels like Broadway-on-sea. A comedy routine, magician, pianist or dance till dawn with the latest music. Entertainment aboard all P&O cruise ships is included in your fare.
Celebrations
Whatever your occasion P&O Cruises makes it affordable. Anniversaries, birthdays, honeymoon, school graduation's are all best celebrated aboard a cruise ship where so much of your holiday is all-inclusive.Life doesn't get much better than this!
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Pacific Dawn
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Pacific Jewel
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Pacific Pearl
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Pacific Sun
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