Cunard has announced it will stop homeporting the Queen Elizabeth in Australia from 2026 onwards.
The ship will only visit the southern hemisphere on world cruise segments.
In a statement from Matt Gleaves, Commercial Vice President of North America & Australasia, he said, “We know that many guests in Australia and Japan love to sail with Cunard and Queen Elizabeth is already on her way to Australia to begin her 2023/2024 homeport season starting 27 November.
“The ship will also return for her scheduled 2024/2025 season and whilst this news means that from 2026 there will be no locally based program, Australia and Asia will remain important destinations on our round-the-world voyages and we look forward to welcoming guests from these regions wherever they chose to sail with us.”
The ship will instead, operate year-round from North America, spending the season sailing in and around Alaska and in the winter, in the Caribbean. ....
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