Princess Cruises’ sales team has announced that its 2017 ship visit programme will be its biggest ever. 23 day visits will be held across nine ports in the UK, hosting almost 800 agents in total.

The programme will run between April 18 and September 22. Each visit will include a presentation by a member of the Princess sales team followed by onboard entertainment, an exclusive three-course lunch and free time to explore the ship.

New to the programme this year are ‘family days’, hosted over the summer holidays. Agents are invited to bring their children along with them to experience onboard activities including pizza on top deck, decorating cookies and a treasure hunt.

The nine ports taking part in the programme are:

· Belfast

· Dover

· Dublin

· Edinburgh

· Falmouth

· Glasgow

· Invergordon

· Liverpool

· Southampton

The majority of visits will be on the 3,140-guest Caribbean Princess. Other ships in the programme include the 3,560-guest Regal Princess, 3,080-guest Crown Princess and 670-guest Pacific Princess.

Rachel Poultney, Princess Cruises UK director of sales, said: “We’re so excited to host our biggest ever programme for agents and can’t wait for them to join us onboard. We wanted to give as many agents as possible the chance to experience a Princess ship so they can get first-hand insight into what makes our guest service and activities so special.”