Golden Princess to make May maiden voyage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal: TWUK	Section:
Title:	Issue Date: 26/06/00
Author:	Page Number: 6
Copyright: Other

 

 

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Golden Princess to make May maiden voyage

 

Golden Princess to make May maiden voyage

PRINCESS Cruises’ forthcoming ship Golden Princess is set to make its maiden voyage from Southampton in May next year.

 

 

The company said the 109,000-ton vessel, a sister ship to Grand Princess, will be the largest ever to call at the UK port. The inaugural 12-day cruise will take in Le Havre, Lisbon, Naples and Barcelona. In the summer the ship will run 12-day voyages between Barcelona and Istanbul.

 

 

Princess is thought to be considering the option of basing one of its Grand-class vessels in Venice or Genoa in the future but the company was unable to confirm this.

 

 

n The board of the cruising arm, P&O Princess, will include chairman Lord Sterling, chief executive officer Peter Ratcliffe and chief financial officer Nick Luff. The company will be spun off in October.