Princess Cruises

UK agencies top Princess Cruises' trade sales rankings during 'amazing year'

Five of the line's eight top-selling agency brands based in the UK, Princess's UK and Europe vice-president Eithne Williamson reveals

'I shed a few tears... because I got to experience Alaska with my dad'

Hays Travel's Michael Astley thought he was a confident cruise seller... but turns out no amount of training courses could compare to going on his first cruise

Yasmin Mckechnie to succeed Hayley Moore as Princess Cruises' sales director

Mckechnie, who joined Princess in April 2024, promoted to sales director UK and Europe, effective from 1 December

Princess Cruises and TTG to host Christmas cook-a-long with celebrity chef

Princess Cruises has teamed up with TTG Media to offer travel agents a virtual cook-a-long with the line’s Culinary Champion, TV presenter and chef Marcus Bean on Monday 15 December

Join Princess Cruises’ Christmas cook-a-long and win one of four £250 shopping vouchers

Princess Cruises is inviting travel agents to join chef and Culinary Champion Marcus Bean for a virtual cook-a-long this December, with four £250 high street shopping vouchers up for grabs when you do

Princess Cruises hires Carnival Cruise Line's fleet cruise director to fill new agent training role

Mike Pack, a Briton with more than 15 years’ cruise industry experience, will build Princess training tools and material for UK and Irish travel agents

'Princess is one of my best-selling cruise brands – but I was nervous about sailing on its new Sphere class ship'

What did Ely-based Travel Counsellor Martin Kindred-Langdon, who ranks Princess Cruises among his best selling lines, make of Star Princess?

'New-to-cruise – let's go!': agents told market ripe for new business, plus nine other Advantage cruise conference highlights

Is now the time for agents to grow their cruise customer databases? Why a cruise holiday can give customers peace of mind financially? And why if staff are loyal to agencies and cruise lines then customers will keep coming back for more?

UK and Irish agents to experience new Princess Cruises ship before it repositions to US

The line has revealed 20 "frontline" agents will join Star Princess on its second sailing – a seven-day round-trip Mediterranean voyage

‘Fail fast, put people first and never tolerate poor service’: industry leaders share the values steering their businesses

Kuoni’s Mark Duguid, easyJet holidays’ Paul Bixby and Princess Cruises’ Eithne Williamson joined a panel discussion at the Advantage conference to share the values that drive their teams

Overnight stays, keeping the engagement going and no more ‘herding’: how lines are changing ship visits

Earlier this year cruise line sales chiefs raised concerns about agents dropping out from ship visits, so TTG asked brands what they were doing to reverse this worrying trend – here’s what they had to say

Carnival cruise brands cancel future Jetline Holidays bookings

In a joint statement, the Carnival brands cited an alleged ’breach of contract’ for its decision to pull the bookings

Gus Antorcha named Princess Cruises president amid Carnival Corp shake-up

The leadership reshuffle sees Holland America Line president Gus Antorcha replace Princess Cruises boss John Padgett who will leave the cruising giant in February. While Beth Bodensteiner, senior vice-president and chief commercial officer at HAL, will become HAL’s president as well as have executive responsibility of Seabourn

Princess Cruises 'tailors' trade platform ahead of Star Princess launch

The line believes the upgrades will make the booking process even smoother for agents

Princess Cruises chief John Padgett vows to make the line 'the best in the UK'

Princess president John Padgett and UK boss Eithne Williamson stressed the importance of fly-cruise bookings and how growing that side of the business would help the line gain a stronger foothold in the UK and Ireland

The out-of-this-world cruise trend that is inspiring new sailings

Solar eclipses may be rare events, but increasing numbers of cruise lines, big and small, are designing itineraries to chase down the celestial action

Jet2.com inks flight supply deals with Fred Olsen and Princess

Passengers who book 2025 Mediterranean fly-cruises with both lines next year can choose from five UK airports

Cruise industry veteran Tony Roberts leaves Warner Hotels after 14 months

Prior to joining the hotel group, Roberts spent more than 22 years working for Seabourn, Princess Cruises and Carnival UK brands P&O Cruises and Cunard

The signs pointing towards another record Alaska season

With cruise lines reporting record-breaking sales for Alaska, make sure you’re equipped to sell this epic wilderness, beloved of adventurers.

Princess's UK boss: ‘Air lift challenges can be a blocker for cruise customers’

The line is currently finalising scheduled air capacity for its 2025 UK and Europe programme, Princess’s UK and Europe vice-president Eithne Williamson confirmed

Yasmin McKechnie and Josh Smith join Princess Cruises trade sales team

Speaking to TTG in March, Princess’s UK sales chief Hayley Moore said the line wanted to put more ‘boots on the ground’ in the spring

Princess chief defends 'gutsy' decision-making behind ship launch delays

’We won’t put a ship out before it’s ready,’ vowed Princess Cruises president John Padgett at the naming of Sun Princess

Princess Cruises pushes back launch of new ship following review

Princess president John Padgett confirmed ‘additional time’ is required to ensure Star Princess is delivered to the ‘highest standards’

Award-winning actress Hannah Waddingham named Sun Princess godmother

The British star, who has had roles in Ted Lasso, Sex Education and Games of Thrones, will attend the ship’s naming ceremony later this month