Cruise news (Celestyal Crystal-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
UAE firm acquires former Celestyal Crystal cruise ship
Celestyal Cruises, headquartered in Piraeus (Athens, Greece), has divested its smallest and oldest cruise ship, the 25,611-gross-ton, 950-berth...
April 2, 2025 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Serenity ship welcomes American disco singer Gloria Gaynor for special concert cruise
Renowned 2-time Grammy Award-winning artist Gloria Gaynor is set to perform aboard the Crystal Serenity during the October 26 sailing from Quebec...
May 3, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises unveils new voyage to Egypt (Celestyal Journey ship)
Celestyal Cruises is set to embark on voyages to Egypt aboard its latest vessel - Celestyal Journey, which will assume the routes previously...
March 20, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises' expansion: year-round sailing and new destinations revealed
Celestyal Cruises, renowned for its boutique approach to seasonal summer sailings in the Greek Islands, is embarking on an expansion into new...
January 10, 2024 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises adds Celestyal Discovery (fka AIDAaura) to its fleet
Celestyal Cruises has officially received the former AIDA's ship AIDAaura, now rebranded as Celestyal Discovery. The vessel will be reflagged from...
November 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Journey sets sail from Port Piraeus (Greece) on maiden voyage
On Saturday, September 2nd, the cruise ship Celestyal Journey embarked from the port of Piraeus (Athens, Greece), marking her inaugural voyage under...
September 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises reveals design details for newly refurbished ship Celestyal Journey
Celestyal Cruises has revealed the details of its newly refurbished and technologically updated ship, Celestyal Journey (fka P&O Pacific Aria...
July 1, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises to launch its newest ship Celestyal Journey on September 2
A former HAL-Holland America Line ship is getting a new life with Celestyal Cruises, which announced the arrival of Celestyal Journey. The ship is...
March 24, 2023 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on the pool deck aboard Celestyal Crystal cruise ship
A small fire broke out on the Celestyal Cruises' ship Celestyal Crystal Tuesday afternoon, September 13th, while she was docked at Rhodes Island...
September 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises commences the 2022 cruise season with Celestyal Crystal
Celestyal Cruises announced the beginning of the 2022 cruise season on Monday, April 18, on Celestyal Crystal. The cruise ship set sail from Port...
April 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises' majority stake taken by Searchlight Capital Partners
Searchlight Capital Partners (USA-based private equity investor) has taken an undisclosed stake in the Greek company Celestyal Cruises (part of Louis...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises (Greece) allows passengers fully vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine
The Greek company Celestyal Cruises will allow fully vaccinated passengers with the Russian "Sputnik V" COVID vaccine to board the ships. Starting...
November 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises ship Experience sold to an undisclosed buyer
Piraeus Greece-based company Celestyal Cruises sold a ship it had acquired from Carnival Corporation's subsidiary Costa Cruises in July 2020...
September 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises pauses operations on Celestyal Crystal and Celestyal Olympia beginning August 28...
Celestyal Cruises announced the line had decided to postpone its fall & winter sailings and will resume operations in March next year, as per the...
August 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises resumes passenger shipping on May 29
The Greek cruise ship operator Celestyal Cruises announced plans to resume operations on May 29, 2021, with 7-night 'Idyllic Aegean' sailings on the...
March 11, 2021