Princess Cruises president Jan Swartz has hinted Australia could be in line to host the inaugural season of the line’s third Royal Princess class vessel upon its delivery to the line in 2017. The 3,560-passenger vessel will be built by the Italian Fincantieri shipyard in the same design as Royal...
Princess Cruises president Jan Swartz has hinted Australia could be in line to host the inaugural season of the line’s third Royal Princess class vessel upon its delivery to the line in 2017.
The 3,560-passenger vessel will be built by the Italian Fincantieri shipyard in the same design as Royal Princess and Regal Princess, which debuted in 2013 and 2014.
Swartz said the topic of where the new ship goes first came up at a recent executive meeting.
“Someone raised their hand and said ‘Where’s the new ship going in 2017?’”
“I said ‘that all depends on which markets perform the best’”.
“So right now it’s undecided and I think anything is possible.”
Swartz acknowledged the ongoing growth of the Australian market, with four Princess ships to be based in local waters this season and a fifth scheduled to arrive by the 2015/16 season.
