Ambassador introduces Renaissance (Malcolm Ginsberg reports)
It has never happened before in the history of cruising. Having arrived earlier in the morning as CFC Renaissance, Ambassador Cruise Lines MV Renaissance departed Tilbury last Thursday (30 October), en route to Barbados late afternoon. (more…)
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Ambassador Cruise Line (“Ambassador”), a Njord Partners portfolio company, and French cruise operator Compagnie Française de Croisières (“CFC”), have reached an agreement to merge, forming the “Ambassador Group”.
The latest company to enter the French market, CFC Croisière was in Bastia yesterday (November 8, 2023) for the first time with its flagship, the MV Renaissance, an intimate, top-of-the-range cruise ship, completely refurbished in France, exclusively for French-speaking passengers. 
The former “Maasdam” from Holland America Line has been sold, according to Masters Shipping, who confirmed it acted as the broker on the sale of the ship to a company known as CFC in an email sent to Cruise Industry News. 