P&O CRUISES EYING ANTIGUA, ST. MAARTEN FOR HOME-PORTING!
P&O Cruises’ latest cruise vessel Arvia, scheduled for inauguration in Southampton on December 9, will make her maiden call at Port St. Maarten on January 17. This was confirmed by Paul Ludlow, president of the British cruise line that comes under the umbrella of Carnival Corporation & PLC.
Ludlow and his team got acquainted with Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Omar Ottley at the Government Administration Building on Tuesday. That same day Ottley sent out a press release stating that he had discussed the possibility of a future home-porting agreement with P&O Cruises and that this cruise line “plans to use Port SXM’s terminal as its home, allowing passengers to begin/terminate their cruise locally.”