Silversea Cruises has announced that its new ship under construction will be named Silver Spirit. Being built at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard, the 36,000 GT, 540-berth will enter service in autumn 2009.
The ship’s interiors are being designed by Italian architect Giacomo Mortola, unlike previous Silversea ships, which have been designed by Yran & Storbraaten. Silver Spirit [...]
Seatrade Insider reports that the 6,072 GT, 1989-built World Discoverer, recently bought by Silversea Cruises, will be renamed Silver Dawn. The ship is expected to enter service in May 2008 after a major refurbishment at Fincantieri in Trieste, where the ship was recently brought after years of lay-up in Singapore.
According to the report, the ship’s [...]
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 [...]
Seabourn Cruise Line has ordered a third new ship from Italian yard T. Mariotti. The new vessel will be a sister to Seabourn Odyssey, entering service in June 2009, and an unnamed ship entering 2010; both were ordered last year. The newly-ordered ship will enter service in the summer of 2011. Each of the new [...]
Seabourn Cruise Line has unveiled a new, dedicated web site for its upcoming 32,000 GT, 450-berth newbuild Seabourn Odyssey. The new site includes the ship’s full 2009 itineraries, plus details of the ship’s inaugural world cruise in 2010. There are also renderings of a number of public rooms and suites, showing off the stunningly modern [...]
