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Cruise Business Review
3/2008 contents

Following features can be downloaded below

- VFD Architects interview

- Baltic Princess cruise ferry

- Celebrity Solstice review

- Round-up of Western Europe cruise destinations

- Focus on ferries

Cruise Business Review
2/2008 contents

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- Oasis & Independence feature

- P&O Cruises' Ventura review

- Superstar Vs Viking XPRS cruise ferry feature

- German ports face investment choices

- Mediterranean home port development

Cruise Business Review
1/2008 contents

Following features can be downloaded below

- Color SuperSpeed

- Megaship cruising in Asia

3.9.2008: Color Line sells Prinsesse Ragnhild to Celebration Cruises for €23 million

Color Line, the Norwegian ferry operator, has sold the 1981 built 35,438 gross ton cruise ferry Prinsesse Ragnhild to Celebration Cruises in the US for €23 milion.

The German built ship that was lengthened from 172 metrs to 205 metres and upgraded in 1992 in Spain. It can accommodate 1,875 passengers and has a lane metre capacity of 900.

It fetched significantly less than the mid-1980s built Color Festival and Kronprins Harald the company sold previously, in both cases for more than €40 million. However, Prinsesse Ragnhild has reportedly suffered from engine trouble, including a minor engine room fire in July 1999.

The sale completes Color Line's disposal programme of old vessels that comprised five vessels and raised €156.6 million since 2007. It has introduced four newbuildings since December 2004 at a cost of more than €1 billion.

5.2.2009: Seabourn unveils its year-round Asian itineraries
5.2.2009: Carnival Conquest emerge from the extensive drydocking
5.2.2009: TUI Travel says trading and outlook in line with expectations
4.2.2009: Was Condé Nast Traveler misled? Viking Line's ropax ferry voted as one of the best cruise ships in the world
3.2.2009: Pacific Pearl name chosen for the next P&O Cruises addition
3.2.2009: Caribbean Princess introduces new signature features
2.2.2009: Wartsila says lack of credit hampers ferry and cruise ship orders
1.2.2009: Grand Turk Cruise Center expected to host half million passengers in 2009
29.1.2009: RCCL shares in sharp fall after result statement
29.1.2009: RCCL expects 2009 eps $1.40, lower than analysts' $1.87 average
29.1.2009: Booking window contracts and yields fall, but volumes consistent - RCCL
29.1.2009: RCCL final quarter and full year figures fall short of expectations
29.1.2009: Ole Heggheim resigns as STX Europe cfo, successor from South Korea
29.1.2009: Tallink posts small loss in first quater of 2008/09 financial year
28.1.2009: Regent announces the addition and promotion of key marketing executives
28.1.2009: Cruise Business Review Publisher blogs live from the Seven Seas Mariner
28.1.2009: NCL names F3 as Norwegian Epic
27.1.2009: Marlink extends contract with AIDA Cruises with five year deal
27.1.2009: NCL to disclose further F3 details on webcast event today
27.1.2009: Jacoby promoted to Senior Vice President – Hotel Operations at Carnival Cruise Lines
26.1.2009: RCCL forecast to report fall in EPS for both final quarter and full year 2008
25.1.2009: British naval vessel escorts Arcadia through Gulf of Aden
23.1.2009: STX group completes STX Europe acquisition
23.1.2009: RCI adds two cruises as Oasis of the Seas to enter service 12 days early
23.1.2009: Keel-laying of Celebrity Eclipse
22.1.2009: Evac launches new Evac 910 with "quiet flush"
22.1.2009: Hamburg Cruise Center names new Managing Director
22.1.2009: NCL continues year-round deployment in Europe, homeports two ships in New York with 2010-2011
20.1.2009: Sampiero named Vice President – Technical Services and Purchasing at Carnival
15.1.2009: Royal Caribbean names new Managing Director for China
15.1.2009: CLIA survey finds consumers become greener, budget minded and keener on multi-generation holidays
15.1.2009: CLIA forecasts 2.3% growth in North American cruise market this year
14.1.2009: Imtech Deutschland in TUI Cruises contract
14.1.2009: Helsinki and Tallinn enjoyed brisk rise cruise trade in 2008
14.1.2009: Lisbon and Barcelona report brisk rise in cruise business
12.1.2009: Prominent Greek passenger shipping figure Pericles Panagopoulos kidnapped
13.1.2009: Ventura's Christmas cruise marred by bad behaviour of some passengers -- paper
12.1.2009: MSC Cruises increases North American footprint with MSC Magnifica's Canada and Caribbean programmes in 2010
12.1.2009: Fincantieri and ABB to form automation system joint venture
9.1.2009: Sea Dream Yacht Club names Lepisto as President
9.1.2009: Princess Cruises launches Alaka Wilderness Sale promotion
8.1.2009: MSC Lirica scores full 100 points for fourth time in USPH surprise inspection
8.1.2009: STX Europe signs Carnival Sensation retrofit contract
8.1.2009: P&O Cruises Australia receives record 7,000 calls in single day
7.1.2009: Pimentel steps down as Sea Dream ceo - reports
7.1.2009: Cuxhaven unveils plan for second cruise terminal
7.1.2009: Silversea unveils Silver Spirit's first itineraries
7.1.2009: Viset Malta received 540,000 passengers and set three other records in 2008
6.1.2009: Star Cruises appoints Susan Ng as assistant VP international PR
6.1.2009: Hurtigruten's Richard With ran aground in Trondheim