Cruise news (Celestyal Olympia-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
Former Royal Caribbean ship 'Song of America' set for scrapping at Alang
The vessel that played a pivotal role in establishing RCCL/Royal Caribbean Cruise Line as a major player in the cruise industry is set to be...
January 30, 2025 - 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 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 suspends sailings until March 2021
Celestyal Cruises extended its sailing suspension into 2021, saying it will restart operations in March. Celestyal Crystal is the first of the...
July 1, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises extends suspension of sailings until July 30
Celestyal Cruises is the latest passenger shipping company to extend cruise suspension due to the pandemic until July 30, 2020. Operations are...
May 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises announces new 2021-2022 itineraries
The leading Greek cruise company Celestyal Cruises (fka Louis Cruises) released details of its new itineraries for 2021 and 2022, with new call ports...
May 14, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises Introduces 2020-2021 Itineraries
Celestyal Cruises released company's 2020-2021 brochure featuring extended itineraries as the once seasonal-only operator is looking towards sailing...
October 2, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises Announces 2020 Adriatic Itineraries
Celestyal Cruises announced it is taking its cruise program west in 2020 fall for 6 departures in the Adriatic, calling at 7 new destinations in...
April 23, 2019