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I was way off in my prediction of what she will look like. My Render: Actual Render: Thomson Cruises have announced their plans for refurbishing the Thomson Discovery (ex-Splendour of the Seas). Looks like she will…
German line TUI Cruises have announced that they will transfer two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 1 (ex-Celebrity Galaxy) and Mein Schiff 2 (ex-Celebrity Mercury ), over to its sister-line, Thomson Cruises. This will greatly reduce Thomson’s average fleet age which is currently…
via Thomson Cruises parent company TUI Group: Thomson Cruises today announces a significant investment in Thomson Dream and Thomson Celebration as part of the cruise line’s modernisation strategy. Upgrades will include public areas such as sun decks and lounges, and…
UK Based Thomson Cruises, has announced that they will be adding balconies to three of their ships. The Thomson Celebration, Thomson Spirit and Thomson Majesty should all have balconies added buy this time next year. The Thomson Celebration (ex-Noordam) will have 26…
UK based and sourced line Thomson Cruises have announced that they will base the Thomson Dream (ex-Costa Europa, Westerdam) out of Montego Bay Jamaica during the winter 2014/2015 season. She’ll be the only ship to be based out of the…
Last month I reported a rumor going around that Louis was looking to sell the Louis Majesty to Britain’s Thomson Cruises. It now appears to be official. Replacing the 30- year old Thomson Destiny, the 40,876 GRT, 19-year old ship…
Interesting rumor going around this week about the Greek Louis Cruises chartering [Bareboat or Time Chartering obviously] the Louis Majesty to Britain’s Thomson Cruises. Malcolm Oliver has the scoop: Then there were rumours that Thomson was chartering the vessel for…
Greece Based Louis Cruises plc, announced the extension of the bareboat charter for the Thomson Destiny and Thomson Spirit. The new Charter Party runs until 2015. The chartering of Louis Plc vessels to Thomson Cruises started in 1996 and this…
As we head into the weekend, I think this would be a good time to analyze the Cruise Line’s recent financial statements. Carnival Who better to start things off than the Industry leader and cash machine Carnival Corp. The Miami…