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Overview Crystal Cruises has one of the most complex ownership histories in the modern cruise industry, marked by long periods of stability followed by rapid expansion, collapse, and eventual revival. The brand was launched in 1988 under the ownership of…
Back in August, a few photos of Crystal’s reimagined Diamond-class leaked. Now we have official renders direct from Crystal. The ship is definitely a downsize from the original 100,000gt design. The new ship, still unnamed, is now confirmed to be 67,000gt…
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on August 26, 2018 but has been updated to a new format and expanded upon. There’s a lot to unpack in the story of Crystal Cruises’ dramatic transformation under Genting Hong Kong, so…
Crystal Cruises is conducting their keynote presentation right now at Seatrade Cruise Global. I’ll update this post as it goes: -CEO Tom Wolber will give the presentation. -Crystal Symphony just emerged from an extensive drydock. They’re going over a video…
Crystal Cruises announced that they will make a change to the three Exclusive-class of vessels it has on order. The ships, when ordered back in 2015 by their former CEO were going to be 1000pax and 100,000gt. Virtually unheard of…
Browsing MV Werften website I found these high-res photos of Crystal’s new Endeavour expedition class vessel, as well as Star’s Cruises upcoming 200,000grt behomeath Global class: Both ships seem quite exciting, and I cant wait to see her deckplans. From…
In February, Crystal Cruises CEO Edie Rodriguez announced that she believed 100% that the SS United States will return to service. Crystal held a press conference and announced live on Fox News that they entered into an agreement with the…
Originally Published February 7, 2016 10:03 am By now you’ve heard that Crystal Cruises have partnered with the SS United States Conservancy to help restore the 1952 built ship back to service. First, a bit of history. The United States Lines…
The most famous ship in the American merchant fleet will be saved from the scrapyard yet again. The ships current owner, SS United States Conservancy, have partnered with Genting Group’s Crystal Cruises, to help restore the liner to service. They aren’t…
Crystal Cruises officially welcomed Crystal Esprit to its fleet. The 62 pax yacht was christened in Mahé, Victoria, Seychelles. The ship is the ex Mega Star Taurus. She was laid up by sister line Star Cruises in Malaysia since 2008.…
More details on Crystal’s impressive revitalization. Also nice to see Lloyd Werft getting more work. via Crystal Cruises: In true Crystal fashion, the world’s most awarded luxury cruise line is delivering more of what its guests want, and will launch…
Last month when Crystal Cruises announced their massive expansion, they announced they would be forming a river cruise line as well. There wasn’t much know at the time and no renders were provided. In the photo above, made available today,…
Crystal Cruises announced today that they will be expanding into new markets in the luxury travel segment. This expansion is a direct result from the lines sale to the larger Genting Group earlier in the year. Crystal’s president and CEO, Edie…
Crystal Cruises parent company, NYK Line, have sold Crystal Cruises to Hong Kong based Genting Hong Kong. If Genting sounds familiar, that’s because they are a major stake holder in NCL. Lately they’ve been rumored to be taking a back…
UPDATE: It turns out that all initial reports in German media, where the story origionated from, redacted their story and said that it was an error. The Deutschland is not up for sale. As for Crystal’s announcement; it was their…
In an industry first, ultra-luxury Crystal Cruises has unveiled the world’s first self-contained, free-standing living wall at sea, created and crafted by UK-based ANS Group Europe. ANS Group Europe spent two days installing the living wall on the 922-guest Crystal…
You may be wondering what the two have in common as they seem pretty out of place. Crystal ships that stop in Stockholm, Sweden, will offer the “Stieg Larsson’s Stockholm” tour. The late Stieg Larsson penned the Millennium trilogy which…
Here are Crystal Cruises fleet, all of 2 ships, docked in Barcelona, Spain this morning. The ultra luxury ships are docked bow-bow. Onboard the Crystal Serenity, looking at the Crystal Symphony Onboard the Crystal Symphony, looking at the Crystal Serenity