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TUI Cruises today announced a number of executive appoints, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Dennis Tetzlaff has been named to the newly-created position of director, nautical fleet, overseeing the fleet, safety and security, port and ground operations and crisis management. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Group has undertaken a number of green initiatives for its trio of cruise brands, which are targeted at three distinct markets. TUI Cruises sails a fleet of modern, large cruise ships for the German market; while Hapag-Lloyd Cruises offers a luxury and expedition experience on smaller ships; and Marella Cruises has more classic tonnage aimed at the British passenger. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The cruise operations of TUI AG, the Hannover based tourism group that is listed in London, staged a 33/9% rise in operating profit in the 12 months to 30 September, the company said in a statement. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The Keel of new Mein Schiff 2 was laid today 5.10.2017 at Meyer Turku shipyard. This important production milestone marks the beginning of the hull assembly. She will be a sixth ship build by Meyer Turku for German TUI Cruises. (more…)
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The new Mein Schiff 1, the first in the next generation of TUI Cruises ships, was floated out at Meyer Turku on Friday. The newbuild takes the design to the next level, and is 20 meters longer than the previous generation of Mein Schiff ships built in Finland. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI AG, the German tour operator that has its main listing in London, has reported a strong rise in the operating profit (EBITDA) of its cruise operations and said that the demand remains strong both in Germany and the UK. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI UK, a fully owned subsidiary of TUI AG in Germany, is contemplating to buy Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 from TUI Cruises GmbH, the Hamburg based company in which TUI AG has a 50% stake. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, said it has revamped its Internet use tariffs by introducing a range of new price plans that allow customers to use between 75MB and 6 GB of data per day. (cruisebusiness.com)
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A musical genius goes maritime: last night (Jun 1st), Iveta Apkalna, head organist of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, launched the cruise liner “Mein Schiff 6” on behalf of the spectacular new concert hall. (more…)
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The latest newbuilding to join TUI Cruises – “Mein Schiff 6” – has berthed in Kiel for the first time. Kiel is the ship’s first passenger port of call in Germany she has visited since she was handed over just a few days ago in Turku in Finland.
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Meyer Turku has delivered to the new Mein Schiff 6 to TUI Cruises during a handover ceremony at the Finnish shipyard. “We are very happy about the delivery of Mein Schiff 6 which was on time and in excellent quality. With this ship we can again deliver the high TUI Cruises standard to our passengers and exceed it with fine tunings and small surprises,” said TUI Cruises CEO Wybcke Meier. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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While TUI Cruises is getting ready to take delivery of Mein Schiff 6 from the Meyer Turku shipyard, the full crew has arrived onboard. Of the 1,030 crew members, 70 percent come from the other TUI ships, the company said in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market segment cruise line, has decided to split its senior marketing role and appoint two persons to the posts. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku shipyard have jointly designed the New Mein Schiff 1 & 2 to be an evolution on the successful foundation of Mein Schiff 6. (more…)
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The two Germany based cruise brands of TUI AG, the world’s largest travel company, have reported strong performance for the latest financial year, helped by turnaround of Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, is offering a wedding package worth more than €4,000 for a couple to win on the first Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual (LGBT) cruise of the line. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The World Club Dome is preparing for its first World Club Cruise, scheduled for 25th to 29th April 2017. The Mein Schiff 2 will weigh anchor in Palma de Mallorca and steam with 2,000 World clubbers to Barcelona and the party island of Ibiza before returning to the Mallorcan capital. (more…)
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TUI AG, the Anglo-German tour operator, said its cruise operations and UK source market continue to perform well and highlighted four points that drive the good performance these activities. (cruisebusiness.com)
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The production of a new generation of Mein Schiff ships started today at Meyer Turku shipyard, Finland, with the steel cutting ceremony. The new Mein Schiff 1, NB-1392, will be around 20 meters longer than the previous Mein Schiff ships and will have space for additional 180 cabins. (more…)
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TUI Cruises has announced that it reduced its fuel consumption by 14.1 percent per passenger day in 2015 over 2014. The cruise line said this was achieved by optimizing itineraries, slower sailing speeds and more energy-efficient technologies installed on Mein Schiff 3 and 4. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Cruises’ new Mein Schiff 5 was christened Friday, July 15, by Godmother Lena Meyer-Landrut, a 25-year old German singer and songwriter. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Today, (June 20) ten days ahead of schedule, TUI Cruises took delivery of Mein Schiff 5 from the Meyer Turku shipyard. Wybcke Meier and Frank Kuhlmann, CEO and CFO of TUI Cruises, together with Dr. Jan Meyer, CEO of Meyer Turku Oy shipyard, marked the occasion with invited guests at the handing-over ceremony. (more…)
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Mein Schiff 5, the latest unit of TUI Cruises in Hamburg, will feature a coffee ship reading room thanks to cooperation between the premium market cruise line and Nespresso, the coffee brand. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, says it has decided to widen its range of shore excursions by introducing ones on E-Scooters and Stand Up Paddling Boards to its portfolio on two ships. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Lena Meyer-Landrut, the German singer who made her breakthrough at the Eurovision song contest in 2010, will name Mein Schiff 5, the latest newbuilding of TUI Cruises, in Travemunde on 15 July. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Mein Schiff 1 has undergone a freshening-up at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven after her Asia season and before starting her summer program in Europe. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Following old traditions of the shipyard coins were placed under the keel block to bring luck for the ship. Representatives of TUI Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Meyer Turku and the classification society Det Norske Veritas, invited guests, and members of the press joined the event. (marinelink.com)
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TUI, the Anglo-German travel company that is rebranding most of its units, will add two more shops in the next three years to its Thomson Cruises fleet in the UK after the introduction of TUI Discovery (former Splendour of the Seas) this summer.
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TUI Cruises’ first vessel, Mein Schiff 1, will be transferred to Thomson Cruises in 2018, the Hamburg based operator of the ship said in a statement. (cruisebusiness.com)
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On Friday 15 January, Meyer Turku Shipyard floated out the first ship being contracted and built totally under the ownership of the Meyer family. (more…)
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Mein Schiff 2 of TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, will stage the first Rainbow Cruise catering for the LGBT-Community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) in the spring of 2017. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises will head for North America with its new Mein Schiff 6 in late 2017. A 15-night crossing from Hamburg will end in Bayonne, New Jersey in September. The ship then embarks on a North America-based program for the shoulder season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, says it will introduce 24 hour room service on board its two latest vessels, the Mein Schiff 3 and Mein Schiff 4. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, says it has appointed Denis Wiechert to the newly created position of Director Product Management. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise operator, will introduce a number of new features on its third newbuilding that will differentiate the vessel from the two previous units of the 99,500 gross ton class of ships. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market company, says it will host a musical festival at sea during a four night cruise from Hamburg to Kiel via Copenhagen and Oslo, which will sail on 27 August. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI AG, the Hannover bawd travel group whose shares are main listed in London, retains an upbeat outlook of its cruise shipping activities. The company owns 50% of the premium market TUI Cruises unit that caters for the German market, plus 100% of Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten.
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TUI Cruises will offer for the first time cruises from Singapore in the winter of 2015-16. Three 7-night itineraries will be on offer, one focusing on Thailand, the other one on Vietnam and the third one on Malaysia. They are offered as fly cruises and also on cruise only basis. (cruisebusiness.com)
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A show that ranged from breakdance to the music of Mozart and acrobatics that went to sea on board Mein Schiff 3 of TUI Cruises has returned back home to Wintergarten Variete in Berlin. (cruisebusiness.com)
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TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, says its 4,000 sqm Arts & Entertainment centre in Berlin. (cruisebusiness.com)
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