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Cruise News for the Corporate Travel Professional |
March 2011 Edition |
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Columbus to Leave Hapag-Lloyd Fleet |
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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will be taking its premium ship Columbus out of the
fleet one year earlier than planned, in May 2012, by mutual agreement with
Conti, the Munich based group of companies and owner of the ship.
who have chartered
Oceania’s
Insignia for the premium German segment. All cruises offered up
to May 2012 will be taking place on the Columbus as scheduled. The ship is to be
replaced in Spring 2012 by her successor the Columbus 2. The Columbus crew will
transition over to the COLUMBUS 2. The successor ship, the Columbus 2 will be welcomed to the
fleet in Spring 2012, and offers a passenger capacity of 698 people. “The
Columbus 2 is a modern ship. She provides more diversity and comfort at a very
good price/performance ratio, represents for us an economically attractive
expansion of our capacity in the premium segment,“ said Sebastian Ahrens,
Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Only two published cruises following the world tour will be cancelled. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises will be offering special deals for re-booking onto the Columbus 2 for any customers who have already booked these two cruises. The crew of the Columbus and the senior officers will be continuing their activities on the successor ship, the Columbus 2, ensuring high quality and good service from the very beginning. |
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