‘This shows our commitment to this market,’ Rousham said. He said the 90,900gt Queen Elizabeth will undergo a refit in late 2018, ‘so our youngest Cunard ship will be looking her most luxurious best as she starts this new chapter in Cunard’s long and illustrious 179-year history.’
There will be two roundtrip New Zealand voyages -- one from Sydney and the other from Melbourne. There will also be three roundtrip voyages including Tasmanian itineraries -- two from Melbourne and one from Sydney.The cruises are a major highlight of Cunard’s 2019 world voyage programme which will be released in Australia on March 14, with sales
opening on March 30.
‘Whenever Cunard’s itineraries have included roundtrip options from Australian ports and visits to New Zealand the demand has always been tremendous,’ Rousham said.‘We’ve seen tremendous growth in the number of Australians and New Zealanders cruising with Cunard since the spectacular maiden visit of Queen Mary 2 to Sydney in 2007 and we look forward to expanding the market further with this latest exciting development.’
Rousham confirmed that Australia is still the No. 3 source market after the UK and North America and No 2. market after the UK for Cunard’s world cruises.
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