[BITList] What ever next for P. & O. ?

[franka]

Mike
Wonder if they have thought how much it will cost them to paint over the 
st Andrews cross, didnt Dubai buy out P&O?
frank
On 1/28/2014 1:21 AM, M.j. Feltham wrote:
> *P&O Cruises unveils longest-ever Union Jack on new ship *
> P&O Cruises is already a quintessentially British brand, exclusively 
> sold in the UK, with British officers and chefs, all topped off with 
> Twinings tea. But, just to drive home the message, the cruise ship 
> operator owned by America's Carnival Corporation has decided to revamp 
> its fleet's livery -- a redesign that includes emblazoning the 
> vessels' bow with a giant Union Jack flag, "styled in a contemporary 
> way".
> The longest version of the flag anywhere in the world, spanning 94m, 
> will adorn the £500m Britannia, P&O's biggest ever ship, which is 
> under construction and due to be launched in February 2015.
> From the end of this year, the company's eight ships will begin to 
> sport the new colours, which will also see the funnels painted blue 
> and decorated with an illuminated rising sun motif. P&O said it 
> depicts the Oriental part of the Peninsular and Oriental name on the 
> company's coat of arms. David Dingle, P&O Cruises's chief executive, 
> said the new livery "symbolises all that we stand for, pointing to the 
> future and celebrating our British heritage. This bold new look will 
> make our ships yet more distinctive and recognisable across the 
> world." The new design will first be seen on Aurora after the ship's 
> drydock later this year, followed by the new 3,600 passsenger 
> Britannia, the biggest ever vessel for the UK market. That ship's name 
> was chosen, Mr Dingle said last September, to reflect a resurgent 
> Britain following the success of the London Olympics and the "arrival 
> of Prince George". P&O ensured the Queen had no objections to it using 
> a name long associated with the royal yacht. P&O's roots stretch back 
> to 1837, when the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company was 
> awarded the Admirality contract to carry mail to the Iberian Peninsula 
> and beyond. That led, a few years later, to the concept of cruising. 
> Novelist William Makepeace Thackeray travelled on P&O's Iberia in the 
> autumn of 1844, writing an account of the voyage published two years 
> later as "Notes on a journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo". Source : 
> Telegraph /Q. Are they registered in the UK or Foreign Flags? /
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