Ventura will become the third P&O Cruises ship to resume sailings as it heads to Canary Islands on Sunday as demand for international cruises grows.
Half of the P&O Cruises fleet will be back in service as Ventura joins Iona and Britannia following a series of summer UK coastal cruises.
New ship Iona and Britannia started sailing internationally on September 25. Azura will also resume operations in December, joining Britannia for Caribbean fly-cruises.
P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “Ventura’s international restart is the result of guest confidence in cruising and is the very latest stage of P&O Cruises sailing resumption as we work towards the return of our full fleet in spring 2022.
“Due to demand and the resounding endorsement of the first international holidays on Iona and Britannia we’ve opened up increased capacity to holiday with us.
“We’re proud to have four ships sailing internationally this year giving our guests a greater choice of where and when they travel with P&O Cruises for winter sun.”
Ventura’s 12-night winter-sun holidays to Spain and Portugal this year start at £599 per person.
These will be followed by a 35-night voyage to the Caribbean from Southampton on January 3 with prices leading in at £3,174pp.
A second 35-night journey to the Caribbean and US with Honduras, Belize and New Orleans among the 11 ports of call, departs on February 11 with prices starting at £2,899pp.