Stylish American line Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is to deploy one of its ‘boutique’ ships from Dover for the first time in 2010.

The sailings by 670-passenger Ocean Princess will supplement an expanded range of departures from Southampton by 2,600-passenger Grand Princess in its second summer operating from the UK. See all cruises from Southampton and cruises from Dover with Princess Cruises.

The 3,110-passenger Crown Princess will also return to Southampton in 2010 to run 12-night cruises to the Norwegian fjords and Iceland as well as a series of round-Britain voyages.

The 2,600-passenger vessel is to operate four week-long cruises to Spain and Scandinavia in addition to nine 14-night itineraries to the Mediterranean.

Smaller Ocean Princess will run new seven-night sailings to Scandinavia from Dover as well as an 18-night Land of the Midnight Sun itinerary taking in Spitsbergen and Murmansk.

The line is deploying a total of six ships in Europe in summer 2010 with both departures from the UK and a selection of fly-cruises.

Eight new week-long fly-cruises feature on Ocean Princess from the port of Rome and between Rome and Athens following a repositioning cruise from Dover.

Ruby Princess will run 12-night fly-cruises alternating between Barcelona and Venice, with flight connections from London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Pacific Princess, sister vessel Ocean Princess, is to run 12-night cruises from Rome, Athens and Venice to the Black Sea, Aegean, Israel and Egypt.

Star Princess will start the summer offering 10-night Scandinavian fly-cruises from Copenhagen before moving to the Med between the end of September and November 2010.

Princess also has one of the biggest cruise programmes in Alaska and is the leading line for British passengers going in search of glaciers, stunning scenery and wildlife.

The number of UK passengers taking an exotic cruise with Princess has more than trebled in five years, cruising as far afield as Australasia, South Pacific and the Far East.