TUI Cruises
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TUI Cruises is a
, both of whom hold a 50% stake in the company.History
The company started operations in 2009 and competes with AIDA Cruises for the German market. It targets German-speaking customers who opt for a premium cruise experience. The onboard product, including food, entertainment and amenities, is tailored for German tastes and German is the main language used onboard its ships.[1][2]
Due to lack of new-building capacity, TUI Cruises started by acquiring the cruise ship Celebrity Galaxy, which was built by
On May 27, 2010, it was announced that another Century-class ship,
TUI and
The new Mein Schiff 1 debuted in 2018, followed by the Mein Schiff 2 in 2019. These were both enlarged version of the previous ships, and included modification in the layout of the open decks, with an enclosed sport court, expanded forward suite area, an infilled aft deck, and a new elevated jogging track.[14]
In 2018, TUI cruises ordered two new 160,000 ton LNG InTUItion class ships at Fincanteri.[15]
The final ship of the Mein Schiff class, Mein Schiff 7 will debut 2024, and will be one of the first methanol ready ships.[16][17]
In February 2020 TUI announced the purchase of Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten.[2] The take over was completed in July 2020.[18]
The Mein Schiff Herz left the fleet in April 2023.[19]
In 2023 it was announced the new InTUItion class would introduce a new naming convention, with the first ship named Mein Schiff Relax.[20] The ship was floated out in November 2023 at Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard in Italy, and scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2024.[21]
Fleet
Current fleet
Ship | Built | Builder | in service with TUI |
Gross tonnage | Flag | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mein Schiff 3 | 2014 | STX Finland | 2014 | 99,526 | Malta | First new build for TUI Cruises | |
Mein Schiff 4 | 2015 | STX Finland/Meyer Turku | 2015 | 99,526 | Malta | ||
Mein Schiff 5 | 2016 | Meyer Turku | 2016 | 98,785 | Malta | ||
Mein Schiff 6 | 2017 | Meyer Turku | 2017 | 98,811 | Malta | ||
Mein Schiff 1 | 2018 | Meyer Turku | 2018 | 111,500 | Malta | Second type of newbuild.[22] | |
Mein Schiff 2[22] | 2019 | Meyer Turku | 2019 | 111,500 | Malta | Sister to new Mein Schiff 1[23] |
Future fleet
Ship | Maiden Voyage | Builder | Gross Tonnage |
Planned Flag | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mein Schiff 7 | 2024[24] originally planned for 2023 |
Meyer Turku | 111,100 | Malta | sister ship to Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 Construction started on 14 June 2022 Methanol-Ready propulsion[25][26][27] |
Mein Schiff Relax[28] | 2024 | Fincantieri | 161,000 | Malta | inTUItion-class Third type of newbuilds. First LNG-fuelled ship and will be the largest ship for the company |
TBA | 2026 | Fincantieri | 161,000 | Malta | inTUItion-class[29] Second LNG-fuelled ship and sister ship to Mein Schiff Relax constrction started in January 2024[30][31] |
Former ships
Ship | Built | Builder | in service with TUI |
Gross tonnage | Flag | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mein Schiff 1 | 1996 | Meyer Werft | 2009–2010 2010–2018 |
76,522 | Malta | Previously Celebrity Galaxy, transferred out of the fleet in 2018. Now sails as Marella Explorer. | |
Mein Schiff Herz | 1997 | Meyer Werft | 2011 - 2021 | 77,302 | Malta | Previously Celebrity Mercury, Mein Schiff 2, Mein Schiff Herz transferred out of fleet in 2022. Will sail as Marella Voyager. | |
TUI Discovery | 1995 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Never entered service | 69,130 | Malta | Previously Splendour of the Seas, chartered out of the fleet in 2017. |
References
- ^ "Royal Caribbean and TUI AG complete joint venture for TUI Cruises". Cruise Industry News. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Tui bündelt Kreuzfahrt-Geschäft in Gemeinschaftsunternehmen mit Royal Caribbean Cruises". Manager-Magazin. 2020-02-07.
- ^ "TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff Sets sail". Cruise Industry News. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ "TUI commissions Lloyd shipyards with conversion of 1st ship". Cruise Industry News. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "TUI close to selecting shipyards". Cruise Industry News. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "TUI plans still intact". Cruise Industry News. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ Celebrity Mercury to become second ship in TUI Cruises fleet. Cruise Industry News. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010
- ^ a b c d e "STX Finland Oy Signs Design and Construction Contract for 97.000 GT Cruise Vessel". Shipbuilding Tribune. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "TUI Picks Up Option – Orders Second Ship from STX Finland – Cruise Industry News – Cruise News". 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Splendour of the Seas Sold to TUI for Thomson Cruises". cruiseindustrynews.com. 2 March 2015.
- ^ "TUI: Thomson to Get Mein Schiff 1 and 2 – Cruise Industry News – Cruise News". 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Mein Schiff 5 Float Out – Cruise Industry News – Cruise News". 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Meyer Turku: Keel-Laying for Mein Schiff 6 – Cruise Industry News – Cruise News". 28 April 2016.
- ^ Industry News, Cruise. "Preview: Mein Schiff 1 - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
- ^ "TUI Cruises orders first two LNG ships from Fincantieri". CruiseandFerry.net.
- ^ "TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 7 launched at Meyer Turku". seatrade-cruise.com. 2023-12-01.
- ^ Maritime, Baird (2018-02-13). "TUI Cruises orders cruise ship from Meyer Turku". Baird Maritime.
- ^ "TUI sells 5% of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises to Royal Caribbean". Hansa (in German). February 7, 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020.
- ^ Industry News, Cruise. "Mein Schiff Herz Sets Sail on Final Cruise for TUI - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
- ^ "Mein Schiff Relax is the name of TUI Cruises' first InTUIition class ship". seatrade-cruise.com. 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Fincantieri | Mein Schiff Relax launched in Monfalcone". www.fincantieri.com.
- ^ a b "Mein Schiff 7 & Mein Schiff 8 werden zu Mein Schiff 1 & Mein Schiff 2" (in German). 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Meyer Turku to build Mein Schiff 7 and 8 for TUI Cruises". 2015-07-01.
- ^ "Meyer Turku ne livrera le dernier paquebot de TUI qu'en 2024" (in French). 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "TUI's Mein Schiff 7 Will Be Methanol-Ready". 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Produktionsstart für Neubau Mein Schiff 7 erfolgt: TUI Cruises setzt auf nachhaltiges Wachstum" (in German). 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Production of Mein Shiff 7 launched at the Meyer Turku shipyard". 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Mein Schiff Relax" (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ https://www.tuigroup.com/de-de/medien/presseinformationen/partnermeldungen/2024/Januar/2024-01-16-tc-mein-schiff-beste-aussichten-auf-ein-sehr-gutes-Reisejahr-2024
- ^ https://www.tuigroup.com/de-de/medien/presseinformationen/partnermeldungen/2024/Januar/2024-01-16-tc-mein-schiff-beste-aussichten-auf-ein-sehr-gutes-Reisejahr-2024
- ^ https://www.crucero-magazin.de/tui-cruises-auf-kurs-in-die-zukunft-drei-schiffe-gleichzeitig-im-bau/100618/
External links
- TUI Cruises official site (in German)