Cunard is packing their sailings with some familiar faces. The cruise line, which is celebrating 175 years at sea, is making this anniversary year one for the books with a wide variety of celebrities setting sail. As we’ve already written about, the cruise line is welcoming James Taylor in August on the Queen Mary 2. […]
If you are at all familiar with Wes Anderson, you know he has a style all his own. The acclaimed director is the genius behind movies like The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Rushmore. His films are filled with quirky characters, exotic settings and sometimes even fanciful animation. He has garnered […]
Beatlemania is back in a big way this year. 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ first trip to the US. Their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show started a culture shift in America still seen today. In honor of the Beatles, one of the United Kingdom’s most enduring exports, Cunard, a distinctly British […]
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a specialty as something that a person or place is known for making or producing well. We think everyone has a hidden specialty, something that makes you stand out. You might have a specialty in baking chocolate chip cookies, or perhaps you have a certain way around car engines. Cruise lines […]
As the Olympics press on, we felt it appropriate to discuss another London tradition of success: the Cunard Line. Cunard has been connected with Great Britain since its inception in 1840, when it was named the British & North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, which is a bit verbose and may explain the name change. It is now British-American owned, and operated by Carnival UK.
Cunard Line, one of the oldest names in passenger shipping operating the youngest fleet at sea, will offer its guests the opportunity to be married on board for the first time in its 171-year history. Beginning Spring 2012, a luxury cruise aboard Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth will offer a selection of wedding packages, commencing after the World Voyages have been completed. The Weddings programme will go on sale in December 2011, with expanded details available soon.
In addition to the compelling series of Cunard Insights speakers and other activities aboard a luxury cruise vacation on Queen Mary 2, the ship’s 2011 Transatlantic Crossings season will feature a robust line-up of some of the world’s most sought-after music performances. Aboard Cunard Line’s flagship, guests will have the rare opportunity to intimately experience the world-class talents of virtuoso violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn, musicians from New York’s famed Juilliard School, and London’s in-demand National Symphony Orchestra under Conductor Anthony Inglis.
Danish-born Inger Olsen made history on 1 December 2010 by becoming Cunard Line’s first female Captain in its 171-year history of sailing luxury cruise vacations. Yesterday, she continued her historic maiden sailings as Captain of Queen Victoria, as she brought the ship back to the Port of Los Angeles.
Cunard Line is pleased to announce that Her Majesty The Queen will name the company’s new Queen Elizabeth, the third Cunard ship to bear the name, at a ceremony in Southampton, England on Monday, 11 October 2010.
