Tagged: Pullmantur

Pullmantur Cruceros and Bankinter Consumer Finance have announced the introduction of a Pullmantur Visa card. According to the cruise line, the card will make it easier for guests of Pullmantur Cruceros to book and finance their holidays over a period of up to 18 months. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

With summer drawing to a close, many will head into hibernation for the winter months in an attempt to avoid the cold and rainy conditions that lie ahead. But, while cruise ships may temporarily be withdrawing their vessels from the Mediterranean, this does not necessarily mean that there are no opportunities for a holiday escape. (more…)

Pullmantur Cruceros has appointed Yordan Yordanov as director of technical ship management in its operations department. He joined the company in 2007. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruceros is offering electric bike tours on its itineraries around the Adriatic and Aegean, on its Rondo Veneciano and Greek Islands cruises, respectively. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruceros has released its 2019 brochure highlighting the brand’s Spanish onboard experience. New offerings include is an itinerary around the British Isles aboard the Zenith. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur has invested more than $10 million in drydocking and revitalizing the 1991-built, 2,390-passenger Monarch. Out service for 21 days in May at the Freeport Shipyard in the Bahamas, the work covered staterooms and public areas, including carpets, upholstery and furnishing, as well as bars and restaurants, in addition to the pool, jacuzzi and shopping areas. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

“We are searching for destinations, not ports,” said Javier Marin Martinon, itinerary planning director at Pullmantur. “Our ports of call are there for the experience they offer.” Martinon was speaking at the MedCruise General Assembly, which took place in late May in Valletta, Malta. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur is set to debut a new program later this year as the 1990-built Horizon will offer the Red Sea as part of a “Dubai and Legends of Arabia” itinerary launching in December. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruises has announced that about a third of all Spaniards who cruised in 2017 sailed on one of its ships. The company said it increased its passenger volume by 34 percent and its market share by 6 percent last year. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur will be back in Dubai, sailing a seasonal “Legends of Arabia” program for the winter 2018-2019 cruise season, the company announced. The Horizon will sail on a week-long itinerary from Dubai, featuring an overnight to start the cruise. Calls include Abu Dhabi, Khasab, Fujairah and Muscat. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Pullmantur Cruceros has named Bernd Weidacher to vice president of ship operations and Plamen Belyovski to director of technical ship management. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

At Pullmantur, the creation of a shore excursion begins when an itinerary is created. “The process starts when we create an itinerary, usually two years in advance,” said Yolanda Pelayo, shore excursion operations manager. “For example, with our team in Madrid, we are now working on new itineraries and excursions for 2018.” (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Grupo Pullmantur has signed Dufry to operate retail shops aboard their vessels until 2022. According to Dufry, the company will operate close to 2,000 square meters of retail space distributed over four ships. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

According to local Spanish media, hundreds of passengers have recently disembarked from the cruise ship Sovereign in the port of Palma de Mallorca, furious over the state of the vessel and continuous work in progress on board. (shippax.com)

Pullmantur Cruises has announced a new Canary Island and Agadir itinerary for this winter, sailing roundtrip from Lanzarote and calling at Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, and the Moroccan city of Agadir. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Soon after its decisions to made the Colombian port of Cartagena de Indias its principle regional homeport and to increase its Caribbean capacity by 40%, Pullmantur Cruises has confirmed that, it will also operate year-round from the Panamanian port of Colón. (cruisebusiness.com)

Having recently reduced its exposure to Latin America on account of the softening of that market outlook and re-focused its business on Spain, Pullmantur Cruises seems to have reversed its strategy yet again and decided to increase its capacity deployment in Latin America. (cruisebusiness.com)