TUI’s Winter Program Includes Two Ships in the Caribbean, Return to Asia
With its entire seven-ship fleet in service, TUI Cruises has a global footprint for the winter 2022-2023 cruise season. (more…)
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TUI Cruises Reveals First Details of the New Mein Schiff 7
TUI Cruises recently revealed the first details of its next newbuild, the Mein Schiff 7. (more…)
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Alexandria Port receives the cruise ship Mein Schiff 6 With more than 2,200 tourists on board
Last Monday the Alexandria Port Authority received the cruise ship Mein Schiff 6 coming from the Turkish port of Antalya, carrying 3125 Pax, including 2,206 tourists and 919 crew members of different nationalities whom spent a memorable day visiting great Egyptian touristic sightseeing, in a perfect weather. (more…)
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TUI AG says cruise recovery continues as expected
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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Sebastian Ebel to become CEO of TUI – Fritz Joussen hands over at the end of the financial year. Mathias Kiep to succeed Sebastian Ebel as Chief Financial Officer
Sebastian Ebel, currently Chief Financial Officer, is to become CEO of TUI. After around ten years at the helm, Fritz Joussen will hand over his position as CEO of the tourism group at the end of September. (more…)
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Construction Of New Class Of ultra-eco-friendly ships For TUI Cruises begins at Fincantieri. The new units will be built at the Monfalcone shipyard and delivered in 2024 and in 2026, respectively
The steel cutting of the first of 2 new-concept gas powered ships (Liquified Natural Gas –LNG) for TUI Cruises took place at the presence of Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI, and Luigi Matarazzo, General Manager Merchant Ship Division of Fincantieri at Centro Servizi Navali, a company specialized in logistics and production of sheet metal for the Fincantieri yards located in north eastern Italy. (more…)
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Production of Mein Shiff 7 launched at the Meyer Turku shipyard
The traditional steel-cutting ceremony initiated the construction of the last ship in the Mein Schiff series at the Turku shipyard on Tuesday 14th June. (more…)
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Mein Schiff 5 first time calling Dubrovnik Port
On Friday 3 June 2022, Dubrovnik Port Authority welcomed for the first time TUI Cruises vessel, MEIN SCHIFF 5, arriving to Dubrovnik from Bari and heading to Trieste, Italy. (more…)
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TUI Cruises: Summer 2022 Deployment Breakdown
With its entire fleet now back in service, TUI Cruises will offer a complete summer program in 2022. Focusing on its core markets, the German brand will have almost all of its capacity Europe. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI River Cruises Welcomes Final Ship To The Fleet. TUI Isla sets sail for the first time
TUI Isla, the third and final ship to join the TUI River Cruises fleet set sail on her first ever itinerary, Rhine Explorer 2 today (1 April 2022), following a Christening event earlier this week. (more…)
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TUI Group Reports Cruise Numbers for FY2021
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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TUI Suspends 2021 Asian Program on “Mein Schiff 5”
TUI Cruises has stated that it is suspending the Asian deployment of the “Mein Schiff 5”, which was due to start in November 2021, and taking the 2,500-passenger vessel out of service. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI River Cruises Launches First Ship, TUI Maya, After 18-Month Delay
TUI River Cruises has finally launched its first river ship after an 18 month delay due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Godmother Catherine Hawkins christened TUI Maya, the first of three sister ships, in Mainz, Germany, complete with pyrotechnics and a champagne smash on Thursday. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
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TUI River Cruises and Marella Cruises Launch Winter 2022 Programs
TUI River Cruises and Marella Cruises have revealed their winter 2022 programs, which go on sale today. According to a press release, TUI River Cruises has announced five new itineraries sailing over the Christmas and New Year period, and Marella Cruises has added a new sailing from Barbados onboard Marella Discovery from February 2023. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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COLUMBIA Cruise Services will support TUI Cruises in the recruitment of medical staff
COLUMBIA Cruise Services (CCS) has been appointed to recruit medical professionals for the Mein Schiff fleet of ships owned and operated by TUI Cruises. (more…)
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Will Marella Cruises Be Handed Over To TUI Cruises?
TUI Cruises is set to grow in size and reach, according to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine. The newspaper reported that British cruise line Marella Cruises, which is currently owned by TUI Group, will be integrated into TUI Cruises – a joint venture between TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Group. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Mein Schiff 5 Restarts Cruising in Greece
TUI Cruises is resuming operations in Greece today, sailing the Mein Schiff 5 roundtrip from Crete. Approximately 1,000 guests are slated to board today, according to TUI, and Mein Schiff 5 will depart tomorrow at 9 a.m. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Mein Schiff 5 to Cruise in Greece for TUI, Starting in May
TUI Cruises is marking its return to the eastern Mediterranean on May 13 with the Mein Schiff 5, which will offer two different one-week itineraries sailing from Crete to either Rhodes, Piraeus (Athens) and Souda (Chania) or Corfu, Katakolon and Piraeus. (Cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI River Cruises Set to Sail in Late June
Citing ongoing uncertainty around travel restrictions, TUI River Cruises has again extended its pause in setting sail. The first customer sailing will now be onboard TUI Skyla on June 28 2021 sailing from Budapest. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Mein Schiff 1 to Takeover for Mein Schiff 6 in Canaries for TUI Cruises
TUI Cruises is swapping ships in the Canary Islands, with the Mein Schiff 1 set to assume the Mein Schiff 6’s program of cruises. According to “Schiff and Kreuzfahrten”, the Mein Schiff 6 will return to Germany later this month for engine repairs. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Seven Days Of Black Friday Deals From Tui, Marella Cruises And Tui River Cruises
TUI has launched various Black Friday promotions in an effort to drive bookings: “Those dreaming of their next holiday post-lockdown will be able to grab a deal for their perfect break in 2021 with a wide range of special offers across TUI UK brands from Monday Nov. 23,” the company said in a press release. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Cancels Kiel Cruise Program
Citing a directive from local goverment authorities, TUI Cruises is cancelling its remaining 2020 cruise program from Kiel with the Mein Schiff 1, which was sailing cruises to nowhere, featuring all sea days. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI River Cruises And Marella Cruises Summer 2022 Programme On Sale From 5 November
From 5 November 2020 TUI River Cruises and Marella Cruises summer 2022 programmes will be on sale. TUI River Cruises has announced that one of three ships, TUI Maya, will become All Inclusive as standard and Marella Cruises have six additional itineraries available across three of the ships, with another itinerary on Marella Discovery on sale from 10th December. (more…)
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Mein Schiff 6 Declared Corona Free After More Testing
False positives were a temporary setback for TUI Cruises and the Mein Schiff 6 as the German cruise operator said that previous positive COVID-19 tests were now negative. Sailing with limited capacity in Greece, the ship docked in Piraeus on Tuesday morning following 12 crew who had tested positive for COVID-19. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Reports Negative COVID-19 Tests as Mein Schiff 6 Sits in Piraeus
TUI Cruises said that 12 crew onboard the Mein Schiff 6 that had tested positive for COVID-19 have now tested negative following two further tests, carried out by TUI Cruises and Greek Authorities. The Mein Schiff 6, however, continues to sit docked in Piraeus. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Cruises’ return to sailing is heartening for the whole industry
On July 24 Mein Schiff 2 set sail from Hamburg on a three-day scenic cruise to Norway. For TUI Cruises and the wider cruise industry this was a momentous occasion. (more…)
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Tui River Cruises Is Ready To Set Sail: Christmas Markets and New Year itineraries from 26 November 2020 and 2021 programme from April
Europe’s leading travel company, TUI, has begun a 100-day countdown to the launch of its newest venture TUI River Cruises. The river ships will set sail from Thursday 26 November with Christmas and New Year itineraries and a full programme from April 2021. (more…)
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TUI to Add Mein Schiff 6 Back in September, Cruising From Crete
The TUI Cruises restart is going so well the company is expanding to three ships as the Mein Schiff 6 will sail round-trip cruises from Crete in September with port calls. The first week-long sailing will depart on Sept. 13. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Bookings Up 145 Percent for Summer 2021
TUI Group said summer 2021 holiday bookings are up 145 percent in its third quarter earnings release on Thursday, also adding that some of the momentum is customers rebooking. The numbers include hotel, cruise and resort bookings.
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German cruise ship tests water amid pandemic
The TUI cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 – literally “My Ship 2” – set sail for a weekend cruise in the North Sea late on Friday night, the dpa news agency reported. (countypress.co.uk)
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Cruise Lines Resume Sailing with MXP Protect and MXP Mobile Solutions
After the forced shutdown due to COVID-19, several ships will soon resume service. TUI, AIDA, and American Queen will be able to take advantage of special software features from MarineXchange, provider of the only enterprise platform for the cruise industry and leader for cruise-specific mobile enterprise solutions. (more…)
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TUI Adds Second Ship Back Into Service; Doubles Capacity
TUI Cruises is already doubling capacity and spinning up a second ship as the Mein Schiff 1 will restart service at 60 percent occupancy out of Kiel in August, according to the German cruise company. This follows the Mein Schiff 2, which resumes service later this month with short cruises from Hamburg. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Weidacher Takes Over as V.P. of Operations for TUI Cruises
Benny Weidacher has been named vice president of operations at TUI Cruises,taking over from Ferdinand Strohmeier who is leaving the cruise company to start as CEO at the Portuguese expedition cruise operator Mystic Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Plans Cruise Start This Summer With Short Sailings
TUI Cruises said it will restart cruises as soon as this summer with short, three- and four-day sailings in the North and Baltic Sea from German homeports. “Having implemented comprehensive health and safety protocols onboard our vessels, we also plan to begin a gradual restart of our cruise business,” said TUI Group, in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI says crisis will drive digitalisation, non-profitable activities could be sold
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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TUI River Cruises Postpones Launch Until November 2020
TUI River Cruises has postponed the launch of its new river line until November 26, 2020, after originally delaying the launch until May 2020 as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
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Mein Schiff 4 refurbishment in Marseille
During the 11-day refit of TUI Mein Schiff 4 in Marseille, interior outfitter Trimline was responsible for the transformation of two restaurants, a bar and a lounge. Working closely with designers CM Design and Aisslinger, Trimline’s team of experienced tradespeople managed to realise the client’s vision with very little modifications to the original design renders. (more…)
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Marine interior outfitter Trimline is celebrating 55 years. Mein Schiff 4 interior refit – progress update
When founder Reg Oliver was made redundant in 1965, he was gifted a sewing machine by his ex-employer. While some may have been down-heartened, Oliver saw this as an opportunity to build a better future for his young family at the time. (more…)
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TUI, Royal Caribbean Enlarge JV to Include Hapag-Lloyd
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 Cruises to Acquire Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
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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