Tagged: TUI Cruises

TUI Cruises is swapping ships in the Canary Islands, with the Mein Schiff 1 set to assume the Mein Schiff 6’s program of cruises. According to “Schiff and Kreuzfahrten”, the Mein Schiff 6 will return to Germany later this month for engine repairs. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The TUI Cruises restart is going so well the company is expanding to three ships as the Mein Schiff 6 will sail round-trip cruises from Crete in September with port calls. The first week-long sailing will depart on Sept. 13. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

TUI Group said summer 2021 holiday bookings are up 145 percent in its third quarter earnings release on Thursday, also adding that some of the momentum is customers rebooking. The numbers include hotel, cruise and resort bookings.

The TUI cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 – literally “My Ship 2” – set sail for a weekend cruise in the North Sea late on Friday night, the dpa news agency reported. (countypress.co.uk)

TUI Cruises is already doubling capacity and spinning up a second ship as the Mein Schiff 1 will restart service at 60 percent occupancy out of Kiel in August, according to the German cruise company. This follows the Mein Schiff 2, which resumes service later this month with short cruises from Hamburg. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Benny Weidacher has been named vice president of operations at TUI Cruises,taking over from Ferdinand Strohmeier who is leaving the cruise company to start as CEO at the Portuguese expedition cruise operator Mystic Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

TUI Cruises said it will restart cruises as soon as this summer with short, three- and four-day sailings in the North and Baltic Sea from German homeports. “Having implemented comprehensive health and safety protocols onboard our vessels, we also plan to begin a gradual restart of our cruise business,” said TUI Group, in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)