Cruise news (TUI Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 are back in Germany
TUI Cruises-operated liners Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 sailed back to Germany and are currently scheduled to leave again Friday evening...
September 4, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI River Cruises announces Christmas Markets and New Year itineraries
TUI Cruises began a 100-day countdown to the launch of its brand TUI River Cruises. The riverboats will set sail from November 26 with Christmas and...
August 23, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises to operate Greece departures from mid-September
For a few days, it was clear that TUI Cruises will continue with its “Blue Voyages” (cruises to nowhere out of Germany) again in...
August 16, 2020 - Cruise Industry
6 Greek ports open to cruise ships on August 1
Harry Theoharis (Greece's Tourism Minister) on July 28 announced that 6 domestic seaports will open to cruise ships on August 1. The...
July 28, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 2 sets sail amid the Coronavirus pandemic
The TUI Cruises ship Mein Schiff 2 set sail for a weekend roundtrip (cruise to nowhere) in the North Sea late Friday night, July 24. The liner is...
July 27, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI, AIDA and AQSC resume cruises with MXP Protect & MXP Mobile Solutions
After the forced shutdown due to the COVID crisis, several cruise ships will soon resume regular services. AIDA Cruises, TUI Cruises and AQSC...
July 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Marella Cruises extends cancellations of all sailings until September 30
TUI UK's brand Marella Cruises announced that due to the ongoing travel restrictions because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the company is...
July 24, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises cancels the first "Blue Cruise" on Mein Schiff 1
TUI Cruises restarts cruises with Mein Schiff 2 from Port Hamburg Germany on July 24. However, the first departure of Mein Schiff 1 (out of Kiel...
July 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Group completes sale of its subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd to TUI Cruises
TUI Group successfully completed the sale of the subsidiary company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises to TUI Cruises. Hamburg-based TUI Cruises is a joint-venture...
July 9, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI UK's Marella Cruises extends fleet suspension through October 31
Marella Cruises UK's parent company TUI announced it would be extending Marella's passenger shipping cancellations up to July 30. On Friday, June 16...
June 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI's Marella Cruises extends shipping suspension through July 30
Due to the ongoing travel restrictions, TUI UK & Ireland (Marella's managing company) confirmed that is extending the cancellations of all...
May 28, 2020 - Cruise Industry
1970 crew working on German cruise ships return to Indonesia
As many as 1970 Indonesians working for several Germany-based cruise ships were repatriated / returned to Indonesia over the past few weeks...
May 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
How TUI cruise passengers will sail in the post-Coronavirus world
The UK's largest cruisetour operator TUI UK revealed how its cruise ship clients will spend time at sea in the post-pandemic travel world. According...
May 13, 2020 - Cruise Industry
TUI Cruises crew from Mein Schiff 3 start their journey home
Some of the crew of the TUI Cruises-owned liner Mein Schiff 3 are finally on their way home. On Friday, May 8, around 190 crew had been bused to...
May 10, 2020 - Accidents
German travel group TUI tests 3,000 cruise ship crew for Coronavirus
Nearly 3,000 cruise ship crew members quarantined on a German passenger liner are due to undergo tests for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to...
May 4, 2020