TUI Cruises orders two ships at Meyer Turku
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
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- Published: 01 July 2015 01 July 2015
TUI Cruises, the German premium market cruise line, and Meyer Turku have signed an agreement for two 99,300 gross ton cruise ships. “This order further strengthens the order book of the shipyard, which contains now a high work load until the year 2020,” the shipbuilder said in a statement.
"TUI Cruises has firmly established itself in the German-speaking market, with occupancy of our fleet totaling more than 100% last year," said Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI Cruises, in the statement.
This year, demand has also been excellent so far – with bookings currently being taken for five ships. A further expansion provides a great opportunity to strengthen our position with one of the most modern fleets in the German market."
"We are very happy and proud to continue our successful partnership with TUI Cruises by adding two new cruise ships to this advanced fleet of ships built by the yard in Turku. We are also working on further improving the ships again," said Jan Meyer, CEO of Meyer Turku.
“For Turku shipyard this order is of great importance. We have now a solid platform to operate the shipyard at an output of 30 % above the 2015 level until 2020. We have now the long term view and stability to plan investments and further recruitments – i.e. to work on our competitiveness in the long run.”
Mein Schiff 4 was successfully delivered from Meyer Turku on 8 May 2015 and Mein Schiff 5 and Mein Schiff 6 are to be delivered in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The cruise ships ordered today will be delivered in 2018 and 2019.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to open sales office in Australia
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- Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä
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- Published: 30 June 2015 30 June 2015
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced today the expansion of its presence in the Australia and Pacific region, with the establishment of a sales and marketing center based in Sydney, Australia to support the growing demand for cruise travel in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
The office will represent the company’s three lines: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Industry veteran Steve Odell will be joining the company as Senior Vice President and Managing Director Australasia for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Beginning October 1, 2015, Odell will be responsible for the continued growth of the company’s presence in the region and differentiating each brand’s unique offerings.
“In view of the growing international interest in cruising combined with our strong growth strategy, the new office in Australia is a natural next step in our global expansion of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings,” said Harry Sommer, executive vice president of international business development for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. “It reflects our confidence in the growing Australia and New Zealand markets and we believe that our three brands – Norwegian with Freestyle Cruising, Oceania Cruises as an upper premium product and Regent Seven Seas Cruises in the luxury sector – are all a perfect fit for the Australian market, offering a wide variety of experiences and worldwide itineraries.”
Odell joins the company with broad cruise industry experience earned over the past thirty years through pioneering activity in a variety of senior positions in the luxury sector. He has played a key role in the establishment of the luxury cruise segment in Australasia since 2000, most recently as Silversea’s President EMEA & Asia Pacific. He has also served as Chairman ICCA (now CLIA Australasia) between 2005 & 2007 and was a founding Board member of the Asia Cruise Association (now CLIA Asia).
The new Australia office will offer sales and marketing support for all three brands, providing additional training opportunities on a more regular basis and directly by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd staff. The company’s relationships with current travel industry partners and local representatives will remain in place, with the office providing further on-site support.
TUI Cruises' Meine Reise now allows booking services during cruise; calls and messenger to follow
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
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- Published: 26 June 2015 26 June 2015
TUI Cruises, the German premium market line, says it has expanded the use of its Meine Reise online portal so that passengers now can book services also when on their cruise, while online messaging and phone calls are on the pipeline
Until now, the portal has only allowed the booking of e.g. spa treatments, tables at specialty restaurants or shore excursions up to four months before the passenger has boarded the ship.
"It will work quite comfortably on your computer, smart phone or tablet over the shipboard network and it's free," said Mike Schwanke, Director of Marketing at the Hamburg based company, referring to the new on board use option of the portal.
The latest expansion of the portal also means that passengers can check their on board account balance online. In the future, TUI Cruises plans to introduce telephone call and messaging service over the platform, it said in a statement.
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