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Thomson Cruises has today revealed its newest and most epic itinerary onboard TUI Discovery, “Electric Sunsets”. The three night adults only music fuelled cruise will depart from Newcastle on 1st September 2018 and will sail party goers across the North Sea and back to the 80s with DJ sets and guest appearances that are sure to spread disco fever. (more…)

Thomson Cruises has revealed fresh details on the entertainment programme for its new ships, TUI Explorer and the yet-to-be-renamed Mein Schiff 2, that enter service for the line in 2018 and 2019, respectively. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises is upping its passenger capacity for 2018 and said that the Thomson Spirit will remain in the fleet for the 2018 summer season. This boosts the company’s market capacity as previous plans had the British brand moving on from the Spirit after the 2017 cruise season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Thomson Cruises is preparing to launch its latest ship, TUI Discovery 2, this weekend (14 May) in Malaga, Spain. (more…)

Thomson Cruises has revealed more features on its newest ship TUI Explorer including a new-to-the-line kids’ mini pool and a “really innovative and exciting entertainment” line up. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises in the UK, which is part of the TUI AG group, will operate a 14 night Northern Lights cruise to Norway from Southampton on 4 October next year, the first such cruise offered by the company. (cruisebusiness.com)

Thomson Cruise is considering stopping all whale and dolphin watching tours in the Grenadines after holidaymakers on an outing witnessed two whales being killed. The incident has also put pressure on the small Caribbean nation to review its whaling practices. (telegraph.co.uk)

Thomson Cruises has revealed the latest — and largest — addition to its fleet will be named TUI Explorer. The former Mein Schiff 1, which is currently operated by German line TUI Cruises, will launch for Thomson in May 2018 and be based in Palma, Mallorca. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises has announced its summer 2018 programme, revealing that TUI Discovery will be based in the U.K. for the first time. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises is building capacity, and will have five ships in the fleet this summer and four in service for the winter 2017-2018 cruise season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Thomson Cruises has announced it will be basing three ships in the Caribbean next year — including its newest vessels, TUI Discovery and TUI Discovery 2. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Majesty has been forced to skip two port calls on a seven-day Mediterranean itinerary due to an engine fire. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises has announced it will deploy three ships to the Caribbean for the 2017-2018 cruise season. “The Caribbean has long been a popular spot for cruise customers as demand for cruise holidays continues to increase year on year,” the company said in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

TUI UK & Ireland, part of the Anglo-German travel group TUI AG, has appointment Richard Sofer is the new Managing Director of its Thomson Cruises unit. He will start with immediate effect in his new position. (cruisebusiness.com)

TUI AG the Anglo-German tour operator, says cruise bookings at its UK based Thomson Cruises unit, have not slowed down after the 23 June referendum at which Britain opted to leave the European Union. (cruisebusiness.com)

Thomson Cruises announced that its latest ship TUI Discovery 2 — currently sailing as Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas — will homeport in Malaga, Spain, and the Canary Island of Tenerife when it joins the fleet next year. (cruisecritic.com)

Thomson Cruises, which is part of the TUI AG group, could base a ship in the UK year round from 2018 following the acquisition of Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas. (cruisecritic.com)

The Thomson Cruises fleet will be expanded and modernised with the acquisition of the Legend of the Seas from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The vessel, to be renamed TUI Discovery 2, is the sister to the soon-to-be launched TUI Discovery and will increase the fleet to six ships. (cruisebusiness.com)

The Apollo Group has been contracted for the TUI Discovery to provide the entire hotel product aboard, from administration to food preparation and serving, housekeeping, provisioning and crewing. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Thomson Cruises has announced that its new addition will be named TUI Discovery as part of the re-brand which will see the whole of Thomson transition to TUI over the next eighteen months. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Thomson Cruises has revealed details of its new ship Thomson Discovery including new dining and entertainment options, a celebrity chef link-up and a whole raft of family-friendly facilities. (cruisecritic.com)

Managing Director of Thomson Cruises, Helen Caron, said: “I’m really delighted to start unveiling our plans for Thomson Discovery as we are now just months away from the launch.” (express.co.uk)

Thomson Cruises has revealed plans for its new ship, Thomson Discovery, which include a number of dining options, a new design and details of the entertainment and hotel providers. (cruisecritic.com)