Topic: P&O Cruises brings £10m to Southampton with January world cruises

P&O Cruises will boost the local economy by £10 million as around 6,000 people depart on four world cruises from Southampton this month for the first time.



World cruises are increasingly seen as the ideal way to travel the world in comfort and style and more than 6,000 people will be setting sail with P&O Cruises, collectively consuming more than 1,636,600 cups of tea, 3,200,000 sachets of sugar; 21,700 lobsters and 66,000 cocktails.

All four ships will be flying the 175th Anniversary flag as P&O Cruises kicks off a full year of celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of when the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company was formed.

Collectively the four cruises will visit 148 ports of call and highlights include overnight stays in Buenos Aires, New Orleans, Sydney and Cape Town and scenic cruising in the Amazon, Cape Horn, Beagle Channel and the Amalia Glacier.

The four 2012 world cruises are:

· Aurora, 98-night westabout full world circumnavigation departs Wednesday Jan 4 2012
· Oriana, 97-night eastabout full world circumnavigation departs Thursday Jan 5 2012
· Arcadia, 109-night Grand Odyssey departs Monday Jan 9 2012
· Adonia, 87-night South America Grand Adventure departs Friday Jan 13 2012

A number of cabins are available on the full Aurora world cruise, with prices from £8,799 for the 98-night cruise departing January 5. A range of shorter sectors of the world cruises are also available and priced from £1,349 for a 17 night cruise from Southampton to Dubai on board Oriana, departing January 5.

Also covered in video format here: BBC News Video: Oriana & Financial impact of cruise liners

I would love to go on a cruise,when I can sail from Liverpool.

You may have a long wait, Liverpool accepted an EU grant to upgrade their cruise terminal as long as they did not allow any cruise ships to use it to start or end a cruise there, cruise ships can only use it as a stop on their itinerary! Stupid decision or what???

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I would love to go on a cruise,when I can sail from Liverpool.

i think its very silly as liverpool was 1 of the major terminals ports it should not be left up to .eu, if the place is safe infact parkgate was used in roman times so i bet its 1 of the oldest i no they are unable to use that now doubt if river dee could take it , but liverpool and the mersey they should be allowed

Liverpool took their twelve pieces of silver from the EU, they are now trying to get the agreement rescinded, needless to say Southampton are not in favour of it.

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i think its very silly as liverpool was 1 of the major terminals ports it should not be left up to .eu, if the place is safe infact parkgate was used in roman times so i bet its 1 of the oldest i no they are unable to use that now doubt if river dee could take it , but liverpool and the mersey they should be allowed