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With the accolade of Gault&Millau 2025 under his belt – and an award of five black toques for the first time – the celebrated three-star chef Kevin Fehling is setting out on a Grand Voyage. (more…)
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The cruise ship “Europa 2” berths at Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, Feb. 25, 2025. (more…)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is launching the 2026/2027 season. Whether relaxed or adventurous, near or far, or to warmer or colder climates – the diverse programme comprises 50 cruises with the two luxury ships EUROPA and EUROPA 2 as well as 70 expedition cruises with the three sister ships HANSEATIC inspiration, HANSEATIC nature and HANSEATIC spirit. (more…)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises combines over 130 years of experience in luxury and expedition cruises, with an array of modern impulses, and will kick off 2025 with a comprehensively revised brand identity. (more…)
On 27th October, the Port of San Sebastián de La Gomera proudly welcomed the exclusive cruise ship Hanseatic Spirit on its maiden call, carrying 131 passengers and 166 crew members. (more…)
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The new edition of the Insight Guide Cruising & Cruise Ships (formerly Berlitz Cruise Guide) has been published. (more…)
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The cruise “ŌHIA meets IN2BALANCE” on board the EUROPA 2 in cooperation with the hip Berlin meditation studio ŌHIA is aimed at anyone looking for inner peace. (more…)
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Isolde Susset is Hapag-Lloyd’s new managing director, replacing Julian Pfitzner, who is leaving the company to pursue other ventures. (more…)
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Back in its element: after a scheduled docking period in Kaiserdock II at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, the HANSEATIC inspiration has taken to the water again. (more…)
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A cruise ship has called at a town in the north of the Isle of Man for the first time as a result of bad weather. (more…)
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VIKAND, the global leader in maritime healthcare, recently partnered with TUI Cruises to provide specialist biomedical services for 11 of the company’s cruise ships. (more…)
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The cruise operations of the German tour operator TUI AG staged a strong recovery in the second quarter of its financial year due to the absence of Covid-19 restrictions that had plagued it in the same period a year earlier. (more…)
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The skilled Trimline team has just returned to the UK after the implementation of 56 modernised suites aboard the luxury cruise ship EUROPA of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises in the shipyard in Hamburg. (more…)
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Recovery of the cruise operations of TUI AG, the German tour operator, continues in line with the company’s expectations, it said in a statement. (more…)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ 2023/24 season for the bilingual expedition ship HANSEATIC inspiration offers the opportunity for guests to experience both cold and warm water voyages of discovery in highest-standard luxury. The 2023/24 international catalogue opens doors to new, exciting experiences. (more…)
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For the 2023/2024 season, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is welcoming bookings from the UK marketplace, with a programme of 28 itineraries from which to choose. (more…)
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TUI Group has reported its key figures for fiscal year 2021. According to the report, the group made revenue of 27 million euros in cruises, which is 445.6 million less than during fiscal year 2020. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The docking of the “Europa” passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was meant to be a ribbon-cutting celebration marking the official start of the cruise ship season in South Africa’s top tourist hub, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. (reuters.com)
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Luxury and expedition cruise line Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has announced its two ships in the fleet built for the international marketplace – “EUROPA 2” and “HANSEATIC inspiration” – will resume operation of bilingual cruises from January 2022. (more…)
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The luxury cruise ship, Hanseatic Nature, consigned by Marmedsa and owned by Hapag Lloyd, docked last October 7 at the Raos 2 dock of the port of Santander at eight o’clock in the morning on its first visit, arriving from Cherbourg, France. (more…)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is planning to set sail again starting at the end of July 2020, with extensive hygiene and preventive measures. (more…)
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Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, delivered “HANSEATIC spirit”, third ship in a new series of luxury expedition cruise vessels for Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. (more…)
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HANSEATIC spirit – Hull Launching
The new Hanseatic Spirit was launched earlier this week at a VARD facility in Romania. With major technical and steel work done, the ship will now make the 4,000-mile trip for her final outfitting in Norway, prior to an on schedule 2021 delivery, according to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is planning to set sail again starting at the end of July 2020, with extensive hygiene and preventive measures. The cruise company will restart cruises from Hamburg with their luxury ship, the EUROPA 2, and their expedition ship, the HANSEATIC inspiration. (more…)
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The Europa 2 has had its cold ironing connection certified by the classification society DNV GL. This certification is the result of testing its undisrupted use and compatibility of cold ironing. (more…)
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TUI AG, the German tour operator that also has three cruise brands in its portfolio, says the current crisis will drive further digitalisation of its business. The group’s cruise operations that comprise the fully owned Marella Cruises unit in the UK and 50% stake in TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd, reported a sharp weakening of results in the three months to 31 March. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The EUROPA 2 is now using cold ironing at the Cruise Center Altona in Hamburg, Germany. The process provides shoreside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off. (more…)
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“Stay at home” is the global message of the moment. The fleet of the Hamburg-based cruise company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, which would normally be sailing the seven seas, is now heading for the waters of its home port. (more…)
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Whether it is myths and legends in the Southeast Pacific, or Lange Anna in the North Sea, guests on board Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ EUROPA 2 can enjoy a variety of routes during the 2021/2022 season. (more…)
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has published the new 2021/22 season routes for its bilingual expedition ship, the HANSEATIC inspiration. (more…)
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With the acquisition of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises by TUI Cruises, TUI Group and its partner Royal Caribbean Cruises are planning to grow their luxury, expedition and premium cruise segments and to attract new target audiences for luxury cruise products, the companies announced today as TUI Cruises acquired Hapag-Lloyd. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI AG announced that has reached an agreement today to contribute its 100% subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd Cruises into TUI Cruises, a 50:50 joint venture owned by TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises, valuing it at 1.2 billion euro on a debt and cash free basis, with an expected net cash consideration of approximately 700 million euro, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Group, Europe’s largest tourism group announced on Wednesday that it is currently assessing the potential for further growth at Hapag-Lloyd Cruises “through an expansion of its luxury segment in the German and adjacent markets”. (fvw.de)
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TUI Group released its full year 2019 financial results on Wednesday, with strong performance coming from the company’s trio of cruise brands: TUI, Marella and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Underlying (cruise) EBITA increased by 43 million euro to 367 million euro, according to the company. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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On the evening of 11 October 2019, the naming ceremony for the HANSEATIC inspiration, the second of three new Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ expedition ships, was held in the port of Hamburg. (more…)
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Fincantieri subsidiary Vard Holdings has delivered Hanseatic Inspiration, the second ship in a new series of luxury expedition cruise vessels for Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Hanseatic Inspiration follows sister ship Hanseatic Nature, which was delivered in April of this year. (more…)
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From July 2020 onwards, the global fleet of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will use marine gas oil with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1 % (LS-MGO) exclusively. In doing so, the company will cut the emissions of its fleet of both luxury and expedition ships significantly. (more…)
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On Friday, 11 October, 2019 in the Port of Hamburg, Laura Dekker will name the HANSEATIC inspiration, which is the second of the three, new expedition ships belonging to the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ fleet. (more…)
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The HANSEATIC inspiration, which is the second of the three new expedition ships from Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, will be named on Friday 11 October 2019 with an exceptional ceremony in true expedition style at Uberseebrucke in the Port of Hamburg. (more…)
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The cruise operations of TUI AG, the German travel company that is listed in London, continued their strong performance in the third quarter of the company/s financial year. “All three brands continue to deliver growth. In Q3 2019, all three cruise brands operated by the Group continued their growth roadmap and delivered a significant increase in their operating results. With the launch of Hanseatic Nature and Marella Explorer 2 in May 2019, TUI’s cruises fleet grew to a total of 17 ships,” the company said in a statement. (cruisebusiness.com)
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