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Cunard lays out round-the-world plans

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<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Cunard lays out round-the-world plans</h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">London: Cunard is laying on another pair of around-the-world cruises for 2016.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">The lines 2,620-passenger Queen Mary 2 will make a full circumnavigation of the globe with a 120-night westbound voyage from Southampton that includes calls at 38 ports in 26 countries.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Also sailing westbound around-the-world out of Southampton on a 120-night voyage will be the 2,014-passenger Queen Victoria. The ship will visit 37 ports in 22 countries.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Cunards third vessel, the 2,092-passenger Queen Elizabeth, also will make a world-crossing journey out of Southampton in 2016 although it wont completely circumnavigate the globe. The ship will sail a 121-night voyage to Africa, Australia and Asia that includes calls in 42 ports in 25 countries.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">All three cruises will begin in Southampton on the same day, January 10, 2016. The three ships also will return simultaneously on May 10, 2016.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">The Queen Mary 2 initially will sail across the Atlantic to South America, cruising around Cape Horn to the Pacific before heading to New Zealand, Australia and Asia. It returns to Europe via the Suez Canal.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">The Queen Victoria will sail across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, passing through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica and California before crossing the Pacific to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Asia. It returns to Europe via a southerly trip around Africa.<br>The cruises will be available for booking starting September 10.&nbsp; [29/08/14]</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p>
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