Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and German tourism and shipping conglomerate TUI AG have announced that they will form a new German cruise line, TUI Cruises, as a joint venture.
This follows on the dissolution of a proposed joint venture between TUI and Carnival Corporation & plc, which would have incorporated both the new brand and Carnival’s [...]
Entries from December 2007
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Royal Caribbean and TUI to Form Joint Venture, TUI Cruises
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Carlson Sells Regent to Apollo; Regent and Oceania Form Prestige Cruise Holdings
Carlson Companies has sold Regent Seven Seas Cruises to private-equity firm Apollo Management. Apollo purchased a majority interest in Oceania Cruises in January, and the two brands will form a new company called Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH). Oceania CEO Frank Del Rio will become CEO of PCH; Oceania and Regent will maintain their own independent [...]
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Camilla Names Queen Victoria; Peter Knego Reports
Cunard’s new 90,049-ton, 2,000-berth Queen Victoria has been named in Southampton by HRH Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Click here for illustrated live reports from Peter Knego of Maritime Matters.
Click here for a photo from Cunard.
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Cunard Alters QM2’s 2008 Schedule
Cunard Line has announced a change in the 2008 schedule of its 148,528 GT, 2,620-berth flagship Queen Mary 2. A schedule change in the ship’s maintenance program has resulted a 24-day drydock period being scheduled for October 2008, requiring the cancellation of four sailings.
Affected sailings are as follows: M841 (six-night westbound Transatlantic departing 22 October); [...]
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Norwegian Gem on ShipParade
My good friend Bart de Boer over at ShipParade has published a photo tour of NCL’s latest ship, the 93,502 GT, 2,376-berth Norwegian Gem. As always, Bart’s beautiful photography highlights the ship’s decor. Gem is the last of NCL’s four Jewel-class ships, but the ever-innovative NCL has made sure she holds a few surprises of [...]
