It was a tale of two cities for P&O

Cruises last month, with its newest ship

Britannia debuting in Southampton in the

UK, while its Aurora spent two days in

Sydney showing off her new livery. Britannia

was officially christened in Southampton, by

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The

143,000-tonne ship glided into the UK port

with the world’s largest contemporary

version of the Union Jack. The cruise line’s

new Union Jack design was also on show in

Australia with the 76,000-tonne Aurora

making her first visit to Sydney since her

refurbishment in November last year.

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Anzac remembrance onboard Queen Elizabeth

Queen elizabeth master Alistair Clark addresses guests and naval officers,

with Carnival NZ chief executive Anne Sherry [seated second right] and Auckland War Memorial Museum

director Roy Clare CBE.

Returned servicemen stand behind official wreaths.

Above: Custodians of the poppies onboard the Queen elizabeth cruise to Turkey, Herb Christophers with his wife Marguerite.

Right: Auckland Officers Club board member and Select Tours director Ken

Young with Auckland Officers Club presi-dent Lieutenant Colonel Jon Atkinson ED.

A special commemorative service was held onboard

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth cruise ship when she docked in

Auckland recently, marking the 100th anniversary of the

Gallipoli campaign, where 11,500 Anzacs lost their lives in

World War I.

Speakers at the ceremony were Queen Elizabeth captain Alistair

Clark, Carnival New Zealand chief executive Anne Sherry, Auckland

War Memorial Museum director Roy Clare CBE and Auckland District

RSA president Pat Johnson BEM, JP.

The cruise line is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year and

has a connection with the armed services, as they lost 20 ships during

World War I.

A poppy to represent every New Zealander and Australian who lost

his or her lives in Gallipoli in 1915 was laid on a wall and has been

travelling from Auckland to Australia and then on to Turkey, where she

will anchor off the Gallipoli Peninsular on 24 April.

CRUISE LINES

britannia’s new livery includes the world’s largest contemporary version of the Union Jack.

UNION JACK SHIPS

CULINARY VISIONWhen MS Koningsdam joins the Holland

America Line fleet in February 2016, the

ship will debut the cruise line’s evolving

culinary vision with new dining and eatery

concepts, reimagined venues and

innovative features. “Koningsdam allows

us to leverage our culinary creativity and

debut new brand-exclusive venues and

magnificent food concepts," said

Holland America Line president

Orlando Ashford.

CRYSTAL ADDS WORLD CRUISES

Crystal Cruises will for the first time have

its ships Crystal Symphony and Crystal

Serenity embarking on world cruises in

2018, with four separate global itineraries.

The concurrent world cruise routes for

2018 begin in January, with both ships

simultaneously arriving in Sydney in

February.

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