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TUI Cruises orders to Meyer Turku the construction of a new cruise ship from 2.894 passengers
It will be taken in delivery in the spring of 2023
February 13, 2018
TUI Cruises, joint venture 50:50 between the hotel group and tourist German TUI and the crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean Cruises, has ordered to the Finnish ship yard Meyer Turku the construction of a new cruise ship of the ability until 2.894 passengers that will be christened with the name Mein Schiff 7 and will be taken in delivery in the spring of 2023. The new unit will be twin of the new ships Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 that the crocieristica company will take respective in delivery in May of this year and in 2019(on 2 July 2015).
Group TUI has emphasized that this new investment confirmation the importance of the crocieristico business in the strategy of increase of the German group, than in the segment of the cruises it is present with a fleet formed altogether from 15 ships operated as well as under brand TUI Cruises under the brands Hapag- Lloyd Cruises and Marella Cruises (former Thomson Cruises).
While the German group has announced that own crocieristica division has archived item the first trimester of the fiscal year 2018, period that is finished 31st December, with a profit before the taxes, interests and amortizations pairs to 37,5 million euros, with an increase of +33.5% regarding 28,1 million euros in the correspondent period of the fiscal year precedence. The revenues are piled to 192,3 million euros, in increase of +26.6% regarding 151,9 million euros in the first trimester of fiscal year 2017.
Moreover TUI has specified that the volume of activity realized in the first trimester of fiscal year 2018 by TUI Cruises has been pairs to 1,3 million passenger-day (+25.7%), that of Marella Cruises has been to 692 thousand passenger-day (+31.1%) and that of Hapag- Lloyd Cruises to 75 thousand passenger-day (+0.7%). In the period the medium rate for passenger-day has been pairs to 149 euros for TUI Cruises (+4.1%), to 129 pounds for Marella Cruises (+5.7%) and to 533 euros for Hapag- Lloyd Cruises (- 2.9%).
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TUI Cruises, joint venture 50:50 between the hotel group and tourist German TUI and the crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean Cruises, has ordered to the Finnish ship yard Meyer Turku the construction of a new cruise ship of the ability until 2.894 passengers that will be christened with the name Mein Schiff 7 and will be taken in delivery in the spring of 2023. The new unit will be twin of the new ships Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 that the crocieristica company will take respective in delivery in May of this year and in 2019
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
