The past week has looked rather grim for Dutch-based operator Club Cruise. First came the news that Van Gogh Cruise Line, the British subsidiary set up to market its 15,240 GT, 727-berth Van Gogh following the bankruptcy of charterer Travelscope, would cease operations. (It had previously cancelled its summer 2008 cruises in favor of a [...]
Van Gogh Cruise Line has cancelled its summer 2008 cruises. According to a report in Seatrade Insider News, the cancellation was caused by the length of the process required for the company to gain membership to the ABTA and its resulting inability to sell the cruises during the past three months.
Instead, the 15,240 GT, 727-berth [...]
Club Cruise subsidiary Van Gogh Cruise Line now has its own web site. As I reported last month, it is marketing the 15,402 GT, 503-berth Van Gogh in the UK following the collapse of charterer Travelscope. Van Gogh, built in 1975 as Gruziya, has been a popular ship in the budget segment of the UK [...]
Following the collapse of charterer Travelscope, Club Cruise has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Van Gogh Cruises, to continue to operate the popular Van Gogh in the UK.
After Travelscope entered administration, Club Cruise, together with the ABTA, was able to take over operation of the ship’s world cruise, which departed Falmouth on 4 [...]
