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SHIP'S
INFORMATION
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TUI Cruises is a
Germany-based, Joint venture cruise line of the German Tourist
firm, TUI AG and the American cruise line operator, Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. The company started operations in 2009
and is marketed in German clienteles, in addition to Hapag-Lloyd
Kreuzfahrten. The concept is for German-speaking customers who
opt for premium cruise experience. Onboard product are
custom-tailored for German tastes and encompasses food,
entertainment and amenities. German is the main language used
onboard their ships.
Current fleet
Due to lack of new-building capacity, TUI Cruises started having
cruise ships by acquiring the cruise ship Celebrity Galaxy,
which was built by Meyer Werft and was owned by another RCCL
subsidiary, Celebrity Cruises. She left the Celebrity fleet on
16 March 2009. After acquiring Celebrity Galaxy, the ship headed
to Lloyd Werft shipyards in Bremerhaven, Germany. She arrived on
27 March 2009, and received a €50 Million, 38-day conversion to
upgrade her facilities to suit a German-speaking market. After
the conversion, she was re-christened on 15 May 2009 in Hamburg,
Germany bearing her new name, Mein Schiff (My Ship). TUI planned
to build two 2,500-passenger, 100,000-GT cruise ships in 2011
and 2012.
On May 27, 2010, it was announced that another Century-class
ship, Celebrity Mercury, would become the latest addition to
TUI's fleet, renamed Mein Schiff 2. Due to this Mein Schiff Was
renamed into Mein Schiff 1 before the refit. She entered service
with TUI in February 2011 after its extensive refurbishment,
with the addition of more verandas, an expanded wellness area
and design elements which are found on Mein Schiff 1.
TUI and STX Finland announced a contract on 27 September 2011 to
build a 97,000-GT vessel named Mein Schiff 3, which was
delivered in 2014. The vessel is approximately 295 metres (968
ft) long and approximately 36 metres (118 ft) wide. The ship has
1,250 staterooms, most of which has balconies, with a capacity
of 2,500 passengers and a crew of 1,000. The ship includes
several restaurants, a theater, a spa and a nightclub. The
contract included an option to build a second ship, dependenced
on the approval of TUI Cruises shareholders. It was announced on
November 5, 2012 that TUI ordered the second option for the ship
sister to the Mein Schiff 3 the ship will be named Mein Schiff
4. On April 22, 2014, Mein Schiff 3 Entered Service. In March
2015, Royal Caribbean International announced that they had
agreed to sell Splendour of the Seas to TUI Cruises in the
second quarter of 2016, and that TUI would lease the ship to
Thomson Cruises to replace the Island Escape. In May 2015, TUI
Group announced that as part of their modernization strategy,
Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 would be transferred to Thomson
Cruises over the next few years, as a result, 2 repacement ships
neue Mein Schiff 1 and neue Mein Schiff 2 were ordered. On
January 15, Mein Schiff 5 was launched. On April 28, Mein Schiff
6's was laid down. |
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