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German line TUI Cruises will be building two new ships as part of a new class of vessels. The new 161,000gt vessels will be built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard and will be their largest ever built (Princess’ Royal-class is 142,714gt).…
The latest flagship for Germany’s TUI Cruises has just set sail. Let’s take a look at her. TUI Cruises is set up as Royal Caribbean Cruises’ German subsidiary. It’s technically a joint venture between the Miami-based RCCL and German tour…
TUI Cruises have announced that their subsidiary, Mein Schiff’s, newbuilds will be enlarged versions of the existing ships and carry a different name. The 2018 and 2019 newbuilds were going to be called Mein Schiff 7 & Mein…
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…
UPDATE: TUI Group announced that she will sail for England’s Thomson Cruises. Here’s what I anticipate she will look like. TUI Group have announced that they have purchased the Splendour of the Seas from Royal Caribbean. The price tag is unknown, but…
Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.
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…
This is great news for the workers in Turku. And even better news that they secured business in the TUI Newbuilds. I wonder if there’s any truth to the NCL 200,000gt ships now that the merger if finally complete. Official…
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…
TUI cruises Mein Schiff 3 has been officially floated out today in Turku, Finland. Shes scheduled to sail out of the yard this summer. The even was overshadowed by the struggles of STX Finland which recently announced its plan to restructure…
According to a financial review of TUI AG, the German arm of TUI group will make some changes to its Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten. The German live has seen a reduction of passengers with the average ship sailing at 70% occupied. Its…
click for larger Press release from STX: STX Finland Oy and TUI Cruises have today signed a contract for the design and construction of a 97,000 GT cruise vessel. The sophisticated and highly innovative cruise vessel is scheduled to be…
From CIN: Sources also report that TUI is close to ordering ships from STX Finland. While the shipyard was not immediately prepared to comment, it would be a stretch for TUI to commit funds to a newbuilding, considering TUI…
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…