All Leisure acquires fourth ship

Monday, 17 Nov, 2009 0

 


All Leisure group has acquired a fourth cruise ship to enter service in summer 2011.
 
The 250-cabin Alexander von Humboldt was acquired in an auction.
 
The 15,271 tonne vessel came into service in 1990. Ninety per cent of the cabins have outside views.
 
All Leisure, which operates Swan Hellenic, Voyages of Discovery and Hebridean Island Cruises, plans an extensive upgrade and refurbishment of the ship, bringing the total investment to approximately $20 million.

The newest addition to the fleet will join Voyages of Discovery’s Discovery (708 lower berths), Swan Hellenic’s Minerva (394 lower berths) and Hebridean Island Cruises’ Hebridean Princess (49 lower berths).

Group chairman Roger Allard said: “We are always looking to expand our specialist small ship cruise fleet and our latest acquisition fits perfectly with both the profile of our fleet and our destination-led product offering, especially given the high number of outside cabins.
 
“This acquisition underpins the confidence that we have in the potential of our destination-led small ship niche cruise offering.”

by Phil Davies



 

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