Agreement between Genting Hong Kong and China Merchant Group in order to develop to new Tai Zi Bay Cruise Terminal of Shenzhen



The group Genting Hong Kong, than work in the field of the cruises through the companies Star Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Dream Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), has signed an agreement with Lowers Merchants Shekou Holdings, branch of the Chinese group Lowers Merchant Group (CMG), in order to jointly develop to new Tai Zi Bay Cruise Terminal with the objective to upgrade the role of the port of Shenzhen which hub international crocieristico port of call and to accelerate the increase of the crocieristiche activities in China.

The memorandum of understanding has been undersigned saturday to Shenzhen and in the course of the ceremony the Genting group has announced that from the next November the cruise ship Virgo Superstar, flagship of the fleet of the Cruises Star, will have as homeport the terminal Tai Zi Bay and Star Cruises will become the first crocieristica company to have chosen the port of Shenzhen as homeport for a its unit from cruise.

"From beyond twenty years, as pioneers of the crocieristica industry in China - he has emphasized the president and managing director of Genting Hong Kong, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay - over the years we have developed the homeport of Sanya, Haikou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, without mentioning homeport historical of Hong Kong and Taipei, becoming the crocieristica company with the longest history and the greater number of homeport in the Great China. Already beginning from 2002, after to have stated large the potential one of Shenzhen - he has added - we have operated cruises towards Vietnam with departures from the old harbour area of Shekou. We are pleased therefore to in existence see the developments to Tai Zi Bay and still happier than to have tight this strategic alliance with Merchant Group Lowers in order to cooperate to the development of crocieristico tourism in China".

"The crocieristica industry of Asia - it has confirmed the chairman of Lowers Merchants Group, Them Jianhong - is in full expansion and it previews that China will become the nation with the fastest rate of growth in the world since international the crocieristiche companies in response upgrade their activities to the increasing ask by the emergent medium class of China". Jianhong has remembered that "Tai Zi Bay Cruise Terminal, the single terminal cruises in China - has emphasized - to being able to receive cruise ships of 220.000 tons, will enter in November in service of this year and will constitute a marine door a lot important for Shenzhen and will increase the role of the city which modern metropolis of world-wide level".

Genting Hong Kong and China Merchant Group have remembered that in 2015 beyond the 1,2 million one Chineses they have chosen to carry out the vacations on a cruise ship and that this number is destined to go up to 4,5 million over five years.