CUNARD Line Commercial Director Katrina McAlpine has revealed the brand’s next event cruise will be a literature-themed voyage, departing next year. The newly announced voyage will follow on from the Sporting Greats & Wellness cruise, set to depart later this year (CW 16 Aug), and the Great Australian Culinary Cruise,...
CUNARD Line Commercial Director Katrina McAlpine has revealed the brand’s next event cruise will be a literature-themed voyage, departing next year.
The newly announced voyage will follow on from the Sporting Greats & Wellness cruise, set to depart later this year (CW 16 Aug), and the Great Australian Culinary Cruise, Cunard’s first-ever event sailing in the country (CW 18 May), which departed in early 2023.
Cunard has already hosted a number of Literature Festivals at Sea, often on a transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York City aboard Queen Mary 2, but the concept is finally set to arrive in Australia in Dec 2024, McAlpine revealed.
“We’ve got some incredible headliners that we’re in discussion with at the moment,” McAlpine said at an event last night at the Sydney Opera House’s new restaurant, Midden by Mark Olive.
She also divulged Cunard’s new exclusive partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
“We’re looking to create lots of memorable experiences, both on board and on land,” she added.
Pictured are McAlpine, Australian journalist and Sporting Greats cruise headliner Mark Beretta, Vice President International Development & Planning Matthew Gleaves, and Australian chef Mark Olive with the cruise line’s famous bellboys.
