Cruise news (Pacific Encounter-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
P&O Australia’s cruise ship Pacific Encounter to be drydock-refurbished in Singapore
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter on Monday, January 30th, became the fleet's first to visit Darwin since the restart of cruising...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia signs 5-year contract with Harding UK (Travel Retail)
P&O Australia and Harding Retail agreed to extend their 13-year partnership, which will see the group manage all onboard retail concessions on P...
September 4, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia’s cruise ship Pacific Encounter arrives in homeport Brisbane QLD
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter arrived in Brisbane (Queensland Australia) on Saturday, August 20, where she will be homeported year...
August 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's ship Pacific Encounter sails into Sydney NSW
Pacific Encounter, the latest addition to P&O Australia's fleet to continue the revival of the country’s $5 billion a year cruise industry...
August 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia’s Pacific Encounter sailing home after an overnight encounter with sistership Pacific...
P&O Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter is sailing back to Australia following a spectacular overnight encounter with sistership Pacific...
June 30, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia restarts cruising on May 31 with new 2022 program
P&O Cruises Australia flagged its return to cruising at the end of May 2022, with the launch of a new homeporting program from Adelaide, Brisbane...
March 16, 2022 - Accidents
P&O Australia and CCL-Carnival cancel 15+ cruises until May 28
Cruise companies express further disappointment with the Australian government’s inaction over the return to cruising. P&O Australia and...
January 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending suspension of cruises through February 14, 2022
Since no green light has been yet received for domestic resumption of cruises, P&O Australia has extended their pause until 2022 - a month-long...
October 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending cruise pause thru December 17
In line with the company's review of the temporary pause in operations, the Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary P&O Australia...
July 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia extending suspension of cruises through September 17
In line with the company's review of the temporary pause in operations, the Carnival Corporation-owned subsidiary P&O Australia announced a 6...
May 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's cruise ship Pacific Encounter boasts new look after drydocking in Singapore
P&O Cruises Australia’s ship Pacific Encounter on Wednesday, April 14, completed her transformation, leaving ‘dry dock’ in...
April 15, 2021 - Accidents
P&O Australia cancels cruises until end of July
P&O Australia announced it is extending its cruise pause fleetwide until the end of July 2021 as it remains positive about a pathway for the...
March 30, 2021 - Accidents
P&O Australia cancels cruises through mid-June
P&O Cruises Australia announced it is maintaining its optimism for the restart of cruising while, in the meantime, once again taking a practical...
February 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
P&O Australia's newest cruise ship Pacific Encounter joins the fleet
P&O Cruises Australia's newest ship Pacific Encounter (fka Star Princess) officially joined the fleet. The vessel (currently in Singapore...
January 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Pacific Encounter gets her new P&O Cruises Australia ‘name badge’
The soon-to-be new Pacific Encounter sailed into Port Singapore and was greeted by her new P&O Australia ‘name badge’. The ship's...
January 21, 2021