Princess Cruises has extended its pause in operations for cruises departing from Australia and New Zealand until January 27, 2022.
Resultantly, the company has cancelled Coral Princess voyages through January 17, as well as Royal Princess and Sapphire Princess seasons through March 2022.
Princess Cruises delay Australian restart “due to the uncertainty around the return of cruising in the region”
“It became apparent we would not be able to deliver planned deployment of Royal Princess and Sapphire Princess in Australia before they were due to start their published northern hemisphere voyages,” said Deanna Austin, Princess Cruises CCO.
“We recognise that guests planning cruises over the popular summer and new year holiday period will be particularly disappointed with the changes, however, we wanted to give guests as much notice as possible so they could plan their holidays with certainty.”
Princess said that it will protect travel agent commission on bookings that were paid in full “in recognition of the critical role they play in the cruise line’s business and success”.
Princess Cruises has extended its pause in operations for cruises departing from Australia and New Zealand until January 27, 2022.
Resultantly, the company has cancelled Coral Princess voyages through January 17, as well as Royal Princess and Sapphire Princess seasons through March 2022.
“It became apparent we would not be able to deliver planned deployment of Royal Princess and Sapphire Princess in Australia before they were due to start their published northern hemisphere voyages,” said Deanna Austin, Princess Cruises CCO.
“We recognise that guests planning cruises over the popular summer and new year holiday period will be particularly disappointed with the changes, however, we wanted to give guests as much notice as possible so they could plan their holidays with certainty.”
Princess said that it will protect travel agent commission on bookings that were paid in full “in recognition of the critical role they play in the cruise line’s business and success”.