Will P&O now delay announcements for future cruise pauses?

[No pager thank you]

"Passenger-Onboard-spenda"

[joeecco]

1 hour ago, molecrochip said:

My money is still on Oceana.

Me too beens as Oceana is still on the website when you ‘choose ship’ but is greyed out. 

[Adawn47]

3 hours ago, molecrochip said:

Last I heard, it was still being decided whether to cancel June (I think likely). 

Well that's my Sunday sorted then. Better start replacememnt cruise hunting I suppose😒

Avril

[Ardennais]

I like Eos. Greek goddess of the dawn. And nightingale in Welsh is Eos.

[Eddie99]

That’s nice

[sweep2907]

One major factor that must be remembered and mentioned by a few senior executives within cruise companies is that most cruise lines will need 3 months notice to get up and running again. Ships need to be got back up to ship shape standards, crew newly trained, repatriated and contacts offered and signed. So if UK government said on March 1st that cruises could restart then by that reckoning you would be looking at resumption around June 1st. I do not anticipate any cruises leaving UK shores before September 2021 at the very earliest.

[Selbourne]

2 hours ago, Ardennais said:

I like Eos. Greek goddess of the dawn. And nightingale in Welsh is Eos.

Given P&O’s new target market, perhaps Eros might be more appropriate? 😂 

[Britboys]

My vote would go to "EvenUglia"...

 

If they stick with Scottish Islands it could also be Barra.

 

Personally, I don't mind it being called Oceana but would hate it to be called Oriana....

[Britboys]

6 hours ago, No pager thank you said:

"Passenger-Onboard-spenda"

That's a bit long - "Money-Grabba" would be shorter...😀

[terrierjohn]

4 hours ago, Ardennais said:

I like Eos. Greek goddess of the dawn. And nightingale in Welsh is Eos.

All P&O names currently end in A.

[mercury7289]

Just now, terrierjohn said:

All P&O names currently end in A.

Eosa!😃

Edited February 7, 2021 by mercury7289

[majortom10]

Ioughta.

[Ardennais]

3 hours ago, terrierjohn said:

All P&O names currently end in A.

True enough, but that’s a recent thing. It could change, but probably won’t!

[molecrochip]

8 hours ago, Ardennais said:

True enough, but that’s a recent thing. It could change, but probably won’t!

Artemis being the most recent ship to not end in an A.

[joeecco]

2 minutes ago, molecrochip said:

Artemis being the most recent ship to not end in an A.

Side note, do you think today is the day for the announcement? 

[hollyjess]

Are we all waiting for news from P&O.? I think it will be a few more weeks before they decide.

[joeecco]

1 minute ago, hollyjess said:

Are we all waiting for news from P&O.? I think it will be a few more weeks before they decide.

Yes Moley said announcement imminent before end of the month as they are launching Gala 2 then. 

[Selbourne]

56 minutes ago, hollyjess said:

Are we all waiting for news from P&O.? I think it will be a few more weeks before they decide.

Im sure that the decision was made ages ago although, in reality, the decision is made for them. The delay in announcing it is purely to hold on to cash for as long as they can which, as each month of suspension goes by, becomes more and more critical. The volume of marketing emails that I am receiving from P&O now almost smacks of desperation although, as I have said before, if I was P&O I would be doing the same.

[No pager thank you]

Ok, so it's 10.05am and still no announcement....so it's either late or going in to its normal Tuesday slot.

 

TUI chit-chit on Faceache appears to be inaccurate (for now) 🤔

 

 

[ann141]

15 minutes ago, No pager thank you said:

Ok, so it's 10.05am and still no announcement....so it's either late or going in to its normal Tuesday slot.

 

TUI chit-chit on Faceache appears to be inaccurate (for now) 🤔

 

 

I wonder if P and O are going to inform TUI and other TA's today before they announce it to us tomorrow

[Captain_Morgan]

sign of things to come??

 

https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-line-cancels-all-voyages-until-end-of-june-2021/46777?fbclid=IwAR08f-GQuQpwhUjgNUKPrm79kygra-pvqzo6j88wZ28JPpLlXSJyUAipKdY

[joeecco]

4 minutes ago, Captain_Morgan said:

sign of things to come??

 

https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-line-cancels-all-voyages-until-end-of-june-2021/46777?fbclid=IwAR08f-GQuQpwhUjgNUKPrm79kygra-pvqzo6j88wZ28JPpLlXSJyUAipKdY

We basically already know that May is cancelled as Moley said the issue is whether to cancel June too or hold out. 

[yorkshirephil]

35 minutes ago, No pager thank you said:

Ok, so it's 10.05am and still no announcement....so it's either late or going in to its normal Tuesday slot.

 

TUI chit-chit on Faceache appears to be inaccurate (for now) 🤔

 

 

Tui announced a delay to starting their river cruises a while back to June 1st but I haven't heard anything about Marella.

[jaydee6969]

20 minutes ago, ann141 said:

I wonder if P and O are going to inform TUI and other TA's today before they announce it to us tomorrow

If I remember correctly, P&O tend to do a conference call with TA's etc just before announcing publicly, 30 minutes before?  I suppose to stop as much gossip as possible.  

[No pager thank you]

23 minutes ago, ann141 said:

I wonder if P and O are going to inform TUI and other TA's today before they announce it to us tomorrow

Maybe Ann.  If I remember correctly from the previous rounds, the P&O staff and TA's do get an advance briefing. 

 

However, I thought that this was on the morning of the announcement to minimise the number of lost bookings (i.e., P&O will happily sell a cruise in May, although we all know that it is unlikely to sail).

 

Will keep checking tomorrow morning 🙂