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P&O Cruises’ Pacific Eden Sets Sail from Singapore
P&OCruises' Pacific Eden is making history in Asia this month, chalking up sevenmaiden calls for the Australian cruise line as part of her inaugural Singaporeseason.
The1500-guest ship departed on her first cruise from Singapore on Saturday,marking the start of a month-long deployment in the region which will see heroffer four roundtrip seven-night cruises visiting a range of stunning ports inMalaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia.
PacificEden's itineraries feature a series of maiden visits for P&O, commencingwith the cruise line's first call to Langkawi in Malaysia today. Tomorrow(August 2) she will make P&O's maiden visit to Krabi in Thailand, followedby the cruise line's first calls to Phuket on Wednesday (August 3) and Sabangin Indonesia on Thursday (August 4).
Afterreturning to Singapore on Saturday, Pacific Eden will sail on her second roundtripcruise from the city which will include P&O's inaugural visits toCambodia's Sihanoukville (August 8), and Thailand's beautiful Ko Chang (August9) as well as the island of Koh Samui (August 11).
Herfinal cruise from Singapore will be a 14-night sailing to Cairns, where shewill be homeported for two months, becoming the first ship to be based in thenorthern Queensland city.
TheSingapore season follows the expansion of P&O's fleet with the addition ofPacific Eden and her sister ship Pacific Aria last November, opening the wayfor P&O to establish new homeports and extend its itineraries.
P&OCruises President Sture Myrmell said the cruise line was excited to be offeringso many new Asian ports to its guests.
"Theseven-day itineraries mean guests can discover a fantastic collection ofstunning ports throughout Asia, while enjoying all the comforts of our stylishPacific Eden, so they really are quite special," Mr Myrmell said.
"Thesecruises underline one of the great benefits of cruising - the ability to easilyaccess a range of remote destinations in one holiday, something which would bequite difficult to achieve by land or air."
MrMyrmell said many Pacific Eden guests had combined the ship's eastern andwestern Asia itineraries to create a longer 14-day holiday at sea, visitingeight ports across four countries.
PacificEden will return to Singapore in July next year offering two seven-nightroundtrip cruises priced from $899 per person quad share.
For more informationvisit pocruises.com.au, or see a licensed travel agent.
About P&O Cruises
Sailing local waters for more than 80 years, P&O isAustralia's only homegrown cruise line and the largest cruise operator in theregion, offering a fleet of five ships cruising year round from eight homeports in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. With a contemporary look andfeel which captures the spirit of modern Australia, P&O's ships carry morethan 460,000 guests a year on great value holidays. Itineraries rangefrom short getaways and cruises exploring the Australian coast to longerholidays to the South Pacific and exotic destinations such as Papua New Guinea,the Solomon Islands and Asia. In June 2017 P&O Cruises will welcomeits latest ship, Pacific Explorer, while in 2019 P&O will become the firstcruise line to build a ship specifically for the local market, launchingabrand new 135,500-tonne ship - the biggest cruise ship ever to be basedfulltime in Australia.
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