Thomson Cruises adds Royal Caribbean ship to its fleet
Thomson Cruises has bought Royal Caribbean’s International’s Splendour of the Seas to become the largest ship in its fleet.
The renamed 1,830 capacity ship will replace Island Escape, currently operated by Thomson Cruises’ sister company Island Cruises.
The sale was through the newly merged parent company TUI Group’s subsidiary TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
The ship will begin operation from summer 2016.
Its new name will be announced when the programme goes on sale at the end of April.
Sebastian Ebel, CEO of strategic platforms for TUI Group, said: "TUI Group is pleased to have been able to secure the purchase of this ship.
"Following the recent announcement of our purchase of luxury cruise ship EUROPA 2 for Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten, this continues to demonstrate our long term strategy of investing in our cruise operations as one of our key product areas."
Diane
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