Amera Sets Sail on Phoenix Reisen’s 134-Night World Cruise
The Amera recently sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany, for a 134-night world cruise. (more…)
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Deutschland to Sail Final Season for Phoenix Reisen
Phoenix Reisen announced that summer 2026 will be the final season for the Deutschland, which it operates on a seasonal charter agreement. (more…)
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Nearly 200 Passengers Fall Ill as Outbreak Hits Cruise Ship
The news of norovirus spreading on a cruise ship is enough to instill fear in all who cruise, but a nightmare is unfolding on a current cruise, with one in six passengers falling ill to the highly contagious gastrointestinal virus. (more…)
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Deutschland Starts Summer Season For Phoenix Reisen
The Deutschland is back in the German market after embarking on the first cruise of the season for Phoenix Reisen. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen’s MS Aurelia Christened in Bonn
Phoenix Reisen announced in a statement that on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Aurelia was christened in Bonn. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Launches 2026 River Programs
Phoenix Reisen has announced that it is taking bookings for its 2026 river cruises as of Jan. 17, 2025. A total of 111 departures have been announced, and the 2026 season starts with cruises on the Danube and Rhine. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Publishes 2026 Cruises
Phoenix Reisen has published its 2026 cruise programs, offering a variety of itineraries and destinations aboard its ships, the Amadea, Amera, Artania and Deutscland. (more…)
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MS Artania undergoes extensive modernization process
The Bonn-based cruise operator Phoenix Reisen operates four cruise ships together with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Cyprus) Ltd. The largest of the ships is the MS Artania. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Releases 2025 River and Coastal Program
Phoenix Reisen, which operates four ocean-going ships, has also released its 212-page “River and Coasts 2025” brochure with sailings in Europe as well as in destinations such as India, Vietnam and Ecuador. (more…)
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Cruise Vessel MS Amera Gets a New Lease on Life
Shipowners in all sectors face the same decision: build new or refurbish older tonnage. In the booming cruise sector the decision is more pressing, particularly as new construction ships can take two to three years to build, perhaps longer today with global shipyard orderbooks packed full. (more…)
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35-year-old cruise ship retrofitted for DC, shore power. Germany-based travel agency and cruise operator Phoenix Reisen has equipped a vessel with a new DC platform
Phoenix Reisen offers cruise travel on the Norwegian fjords, the North Sea, Baltic, Iceland and Greeland routes. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Reportedly Chartering Celestyal Journey
Phoenix Reisen is reportedly chartering the Celestyal Journey following a delay on Amera’s drydock revitalization. (more…)
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Alisa – River cruise ship handed over to Germany’s Phoenix Reisen
German travel agency and cruise company Phoenix Reisen recently expanded its fleet with the acquisition of a new river cruise ship built by Vahali Shipyards of Croatia. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Names New River Boat Alisa
The latest addition to Phoenix Reisen’s fleet of river boats, the Alisa, was named by Katharina Lisa Wüst on the banks of the Rhine on Friday, March 31. (more…)
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ALMACO refurbished cabins and suites onboard Phoenix Reisen’s cruise shipArtania
In April, 2022, ALMACO was awarded the contract to refurbish cabins and suites onboard Phoenix Reisen’s cruise ship Artania. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Releases 2024 Brochure
Phoenix Reisen has published its 2024 brochure “Seereisen 2024” including winter sailings for 2024-2025 which can now be booked. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Publishes 2024-2025 Cruises
Phoenix Reisen has published its cruise programs for the summer of 2024 through the winter season 2024 and 2025 for its four-ship ocean going fleet. (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen To Offer These Unique Itineraries in 2023
Phoenix Reisen is back with a global program of cruises for the German-speaking market in 2023, with a number of unique sailings. (more…)
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Giant cruise ship MS Amadea makes return visit to Liverpool. The German-owned Amadea is on a tour of the British Isles
The German ship is in the midst of a 12-day British Isles round trip out of the port of Bremerhaven. During that time, it has visited locations around England, Scotland and Ireland. (more…)
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New Phoenix Brochure: “River and Coasts 2023”
Phoenix Reisen has released its 2023 river cruise program. The new 212-page brochure titled “Rivers and Coasts” features not only the traditional river products but also the company’s return to Vietnam, Cambodia and India, as well as the Baltic coast. (more…)
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The “Deutschland” is Back with Phoenix Reisen
Phoenix Reisen has announced that after a two-year pause the company is bringing the “Deutschland” back in service, sailing its first cruise of the season on April 22. Thus, the Bonn-based cruise operator continues its long-term mid-year full charter after the pandemic. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Adds River Vessels
Citing increased demand from European river cruises, the Bonn-based cruise operator Phoenix Reisen has made a last-minute move to add new ships to its fall program. The “William Wordsworth” and “Geoffrey Chaucer” are charted from the shipping company Scylla AG, sailing on the Rhine, Moselle and Danube rivers until October.
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Albatros sold for recycling as scrap steel price soars
Phoenix Seereisen’s Albatros, which was built in 1973 as Royal Viking Sea in Finland for the now defunct Royal Viking Line, has been sold to Indian buyers for demolition, media reports say. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Introduces Two New River Vessels
Phoenix Reisen has launched two new riverboats that also underwent their naming ceremonies on July 5, the MS Annika and MS Annabelle. Embarking passengers attended the ceremonies before starting their cruise. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Launches 2021 River Season with New Vessel
Phoenix Reisen has christened the “Antonia”, the newest ship in its river fleet, before sailing the German company’s first cruise of the 2021 river season. With Phoenix Reisen being based in Bonn, that is where the christening ceremony took place, after guests embarked in Cologne the previous day. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Releases 2022 River Cruises
Phoenix Reisen has released its 2022 river cruises, offering 34 different itineraries and 492 departure dates for the year. Among the new products is the MS Annika sailing on the Rhine. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Update: Original Royal Viking Trio Take on New Roles instead To Become Accommodation Ships
“Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has sold sister-ships Black Watch and Boudica as a pair. Instead of being scrapped, the two vessels will serve as floating accommodation vessels have been sold to Istanbul-based Miray International, who have adapted cruise ships for use as shipyard accommodation vessels at Cadiz in connection with various cruise ship refits.” (more…)
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Another Cruise Ship Sold; Albatros to Leave Phoenix Reisen
The Albatros will leave the Phoenix Reisen fleet, according to a press release, with the German tour operator citing the COVID-19 pandemic. The ship will now start a new life as a hotel vessel under for the Pick Albatros Group in the Middle East, which operates a number of hotels and resorts. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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New Phoenix River Cruise Ship Named MS Andrea
Phoenix Reisen has named its newest river cruise vessel the MS Andrea. She will be sailing on the Rhine and Moselle rivers. Chartered to Phoenix Reisen, the Andrea is owned by the Dutch shipping company Rijfers. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Releases 2021 Program
Phoenix Reisen has issued its new 260-page Seereisen 2021 brochure covering the cruises of the Amadea, Amera, Artania, Albatros and Deutschland. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Adding Tonnage and Itineraries
Anna Katharina
“Every year, we introduce new products,” said Michael Schulze, director of cruise at Phoenix Reisen. “This year, we have already introduced three new river vessels, the 190-passenger Adora for the Danube; the rebuilt 122-passenger Viola, custom-designed for disabled passengers; and the 180-passenger Anna Katharina on the Rhine and Moselle.” (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Lloyd Werft Set for Artania Drydock
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven is expecting Phoenix Reisen’s Artania to arrive in its Kaiserdock II on November 17 for a stay lasting about three weeks, according to a press release. Along with routine class work more than 250 cabins will be overhauled by the owner. The Phoenix Reisen flagship is scheduled to leave the shipyard pm December 6. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen launches Amera with Resco’s latest PMS software
Rescompany Systems Ltd continues to partner with Phoenix Reisen on the maiden voyage of the MS Amera. The 38,000-ton, 800-passenger ship set sail on the 16th of August from the port of Bremerhaven and is the latest addition to Phoenix Reisen’s ocean-going fleet. (more…)
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Maritime event 2019 at at the Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven
On Sunday the 04th of august 2019, traditionally all four cruise ships of Phoenix Reisen moored at the Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven (CCCB). (more…)
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Phoenix Reisen Names Newest River Vessel Addition
MS Anna Katharina
Phoenix Reisen has christened it latest river vessel, the Anna Katharina, in a family ceremony with Anna Katharina Zurnieden, niece of the company’s founder, as the godmother. Owned by Scylla AG, the Anna Katharina is chartered to Phoenix Reisen. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Prinsendam Wraps Up Holland America Line Career
Holland America Line has officially said goodbye to its “Elegant Explorer,” or the Prinsendam, as the ship left the Holland America fleet after 17 years of service and has now joined Phoenix Reisen as the Amera. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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German Cruise Brands Show No Sign of Slowing Growth
New ship after new ship, and now a very diversified product pyramid from budget to luxury has seen the German cruise market reach new heights, with AIDA and TUI continuing their aggressive growth outlooks. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen To Launch Riverboat Designed for Disabled Guests
German tour operator and cruise brand Phoenix Reisen will christen its newest riverboat, the Viola, June 3 in Bonn. What makes the vessel different is that she has been designed with disabled guests in mind. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Celebrates 30 Years of Cruises From Bremerhaven
Phoenix Reisen coordinated all four of its ocean-going ships, the Albatros, Amadea, Artania and Deutschland in Bremerhaven on July 25. This summer also celebrates 30 years since Phoenix Reisen first sailed from Bremerhaven with the Maxim Gorki. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Phoenix Reisen Names New Addition Amera
Phoenix Reisen has announced that Amera will be the new name for the Prinsendam when she enters service for the German operator in August 2019. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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