Cruise news (GHK-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises starts 2021 Taiwan Island-hopping itineraries with Explorer Dream
Explorer Dream ship debuted in Taiwan as the world's first cruise liner to resume passenger shipping operations in Asia since July 2020. The island...
April 13, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean again extending Quantum ship's Singapore homeporting
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced it is extending the season for one of Asia’s biggest cruise ships, because of the “overwhelming demand...
April 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises welcome 100,000th passenger in Singapore
The GHK-owned brand Dream Cruises and MBCCS-Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore welcomed Singapore’s 100,000th passenger since the commencement...
March 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
River cruise ship Crystal Mozart returns to service in 2022
Crystal Cruises announced the riverboat fleet's expansion in order to meet post-pandemic demand for European voyages. MS Crystal Mozart is a...
March 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Cruises requires COVID vaccination for passengers and crew fleetwide
The GHK-owned, ultra-premium brand Crystal Cruises announced that it had updated its new health and safety protocols to require all passengers to be...
February 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Crystal Expedition Cruises' Crystal Endeavor is on shedule to debut in Summer 2021
Crystal Endeavor, the PC6-designated ship for Crystal Expedition Cruises is on schedule to debut in Summer 2021. Originally scheduled to launch in...
January 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
GHK-Genting Hong Kong terminates plan to sell and lease back Crystal Endeavor megayacht
GHK-Genting Hong Kong announced that the plan to sell and lease back the Crystal Endeavor megayacht for a total price of EUR 350 million had...
December 26, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Hundreds set sail on Cruise-to-Nowhere on World Dream
Hundreds of cruise passengers set sail from Singapore on Friday, November 6, on a "cruise to nowhere." Safety measures were in place to prevent COVID...
November 7, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Taiwan's first round-island cruise ship Explorer Dream docks in Kaohsiung
Taiwan's first round-island cruise ship docked in Port Kaohsiung on Friday, October 23, on a 4-day voyage launched as part of the efforts to boost...
October 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises recruits Singaporeans to work onboard World Dream
On October 8, 2020, the GHK-owned Genting Cruise Lines announced that the brand Dream Cruises would be the first to restart sailings from Singapore...
October 16, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Dream Cruises' World Dream is the first cruise ship to restart sailings in Singapore
The GHK-owned Genting Cruise Lines announced that Dream Cruises is the first cruise brand to restart voyages in Singapore with MS World Dream, as the...
October 9, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Genting Hong Kong gets EUR 193 million from Germany's government
GHK-Genting Hong Kong, the biggest cruise operator in Asia, is to get EUR 193 million (USD 227 million) from the government of Germany for its German...
October 8, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Genting Cruise Lines announces strategic partnership with Sanya CBD Administration
GCL-Genting Cruise Lines is forging a strategic partnership with Sanya CBD Administration and a national travel industry corporation in order to...
September 2, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Private investors interested in a GHK-Genting Hong Kong cruise brand
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd (Hong Kong China-based holding company that operates cruise, shipbuilding and resort businesses) had received indicative...
August 31, 2020 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong Ltd. suspends all payments to creditors
Hong Kong-based Genting Cruise Lines (controlled by the Malaysian-Chinese billionaire Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay) on August 20 suspended all payments to...
August 25, 2020