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In 1974, P&O acquired Princess Cruises, a North American cruise line founded in 1964 by Stanley McDonald. [2] In 1977, P&O de-merged its passenger services division to form P&O Cruises. [3] In 1988, P&O de-merged P&O Cruises' Australian operations, acquiring Sitmar Cruises, [4] which led to the formation of P&O Cruises Australia. [5]
The ownership of P&O Cruises changed twice in the early 2000s. In 2000, P&O divested its cruise operations and transferred them to the new independent company P&O Princess Cruises, [6] and in 2003, P&O Princess Cruises merged with Carnival Corporation to form Carnival Corporation & plc. [7] Fleet rotations continued.
In June 2002, Crown Princess was transferred to P&O Princess's new start-up brand, A'Rosa Cruises, to be the only cruise ship in A'Rosa's fleet to help launch the brand. [20] In 2002 the Pacific Princess, famous as the ship from The Love Boat, left the Princess fleet after 27 years of service with the line, [21] and last of the original ...
On 23 October 2000 P&O divested its cruise business to form P&O Princess Cruises. [13] In April 2003 P&O Princess came together with the Carnival Corporation to form Carnival Corporation & plc . In June 2004, P&O sold its 25% stake in Royal P&O Nedlloyd , a major container shipping business into which its container operations had been merged in ...
Pacific Adventure is a Grand-class cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc.It was previously named Golden Princess.. In 1998, Princess Cruises finalized the order for the ship (then known as the Golden Princess) in response to the strong demand for her sister ship, Grand Princess, making her the fleet's second Grand-class ship.
It is the third ship in Princess fleet to carry this name after the last ship left in May 2011. The ship was officially handed over to Princess on 30 May 2013 and christened by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on 13 June 2013. [16] On 28 August 2012, Princess announced that the sister ship to the new Royal Princess would be named Regal Princess.
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In 2003 P&O Princess merged with Carnival Corporation to form Carnival Corporation & plc. [11] Despite these changes of ownership, Oriana was operated by P&O Cruises throughout. In 2006 she was re-registered to Bermuda so that weddings could be conducted on board, [ 12 ] and as a result, her call sign was changed to ZCDU9.