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Cunard offers widest ever cruise choice in 2012

Three Queens meet for Jubilee Celebration

Queen Elizabeth maiden ‘fly-voyages’ to Mediterranean

Growing interest in traditional values

With three ships now in the fleet, Cunard Line has announced its widest ever range of voyages for 2012 with 84 cruises visiting 129 ports and 48 countries around the world.

Cunard Line celebrates The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and Her Majesty’s long association with Cunard, with a unique Three Queens Event in Southampton on June 5,2012, the Bank Holiday Jubilee Celebration

Queen Mary 2 will cross the Atlantic 20 times during 2012

Queen Elizabeth will spend the first half of the summer sailing out of Southampton before setting off on her Inaugural Mediterranean Fly-Voyage season from Venice, Civitavecchia (Rome) and Athens on a series of 12-night voyages. In early 2013 she will embark on a new Pacific Islands voyage offering a 91-night voyage from Southampton or a 36-night voyage from Los Angeles.

Queen Victoria has developed a very loyal following and will spend the summer sailing out of Southampton to the most popular Northern Europe and Mediterranean destinations. A new feature will be overnight stays in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Istanbul, St Petersburg, Madeira and Venice – giving guests more time to experience the destinations.

Queen Mary 2 goes from strength to strength on her unique Transatlantic Voyages and will cross the Atlantic 20 times during 2012.

She will also offer voyages to Northern Europe, Canada and New England and a new 16-night Central Mediterranean voyage. The Transatlantic is fast becoming a ‘must do’ choice for regular cruisers.

The programme goes on sale worldwide on April 4.

Highlights

Value for Money - This year Cunard is offering exceptional savings to those booking prior to May 31. For example, Early Booking Savings of up to £900 per couple are available on a typical 12-night voyage.
In addition and for the first time ever at Programme Launch there is an additional 10 per cent saving on all 2012 voyages for guests booking prior to May 31. There is also complimentary onboard spending available of between $40 and $1000 per couple on Mediterranean Fly voyages and transatlantic crossings.
And complimentary car parking is available to guests booking 2012 Southampton roundtrip voyages with durations of five nights or more (excluding roundtrip transatlantic crossings and World Voyages).

Overnight Stays – Feedback from passengers has shown that they would like to spend more time in big-hitting destinations. All three ships will now offer overnight stays that include Amsterdam, Venice, Rome, Hamburg, St Petersburg, Boston, Quebec, Madeira and Barcelona.

Traditional Values – As the pace of life accelerates, the values, traditions and White Star Service experienced with Cunard are gaining more and more recognition both from loyal Cunarders and with first timers to the brand. For example – on many cruise lines shorts can often be seen in dining rooms – this would never happen on a Cunard ship.
Dancing is going through a renaissance through high profile television programmes in many countries. With state of the art ball rooms, the biggest dance floors at sea, big bands and dance hosts – Cunard is setting the standards and attracting many passengers who hanker for a taste of tradition and class.

Commenting on the 2012 programme, Cunard president Peter Shanks says: “More and more people are looking for unique experiences, traditional values and service excellence – with our unrivalled heritage and now with the youngest fleet in the world we are proving to be more popular than ever.

“With three ships in the fleet, our range of itineraries and holiday choices is greater than ever before – proving attractive both to loyal Cunarders and to first timers.

“Our scheduled transatlantic crossings on Queen Mary 2 go from strength to strength. Word is out among the 1.5 million UK cruisers that it has to be done and is fast appearing on the ‘bucket list’ of every regular cruiser – no matter which cruise they have been on before.”