Love boat headed for rough waters

Saturday, 15 Mar, 2012 0

Perhaps the industry’s best-known cruise ship is headed to the scrapyard, according to Italy’s La Republica.

The news outlet says the 40-year-old vessel, made famous in the popular hit 1970s TV series ‘Love Boat’, has been sold to a Turkish demolition company for just over €2.5 million.

The 19,903-ton, 600-passenger ship has been docked in Genoa, Italy, for more than a year, according to USA Today.

The vessel has changed hands a couple times since sailing for Princess Cruises from 1975 until 2002.

Cruise industry executives often credit the top-rated show for helping to start a boom in cruise bookings.

By TravelMole US

 



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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