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The 2012 and 2013 cruise diary is filling up at a rate of knots with up and coming launch dates and whether you're looking for a family holiday, a luxury getaway or a couple's hideaway, 2012 is guaranteed to be an exciting time for cruisers everywhere. For the latest deals on 2012/13 cruises book your Maiden Voyage with Iglu CruiseHere's our calendar, which will continue to grow with with information on who's setting sail and when, but if you've … [Read more...]
The official beginning of the construction of the Ms Europa 2 was marked on September 5, 2011 as work began. The new addition to the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises fleet. Sebastian Ahrens, Managing Director of the cruise operator, officially gave the start signal at the STX shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The individual parts of the ship will be manufactured in different shipyard halls over the coming months. Keel laying is scheduled for the spring of … [Read more...]
MS Hanseatic has just completed an extensive revamp to fit in with the appearance of the Hapag-Lloyd fleet. Hanseatic now features Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ characteristic colours: an orange and blue band, as well as an orange funnel with the cruise line’s logo. “With the charter contract for the Hanseatic extended until 2018, we opted to add the visual unification of the fleet,” said Sebastian Ahrens, Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. … [Read more...]
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has revealed details of its 2012/2013 expedition voyages on board the small expedition ships, MS Hanseatic and MS Bremen. The ships will be offering 12 international (English/German) itineraries next season. They include travel in Antarctica, the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Norway, the Amazon, the South Seas and New Zealand. In addition, the expedition itineraries feature new ports of call in Madagascar … [Read more...]
New details have been revealed of Hapag-Lloyd's sister ship to the muti-award winning Europa. … [Read more...]
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is adding two new ships to its fleet: The Columbus 2 and the Europa 2 The Columbus 2 will be a ‘bareboat charter’ – ie without crew – of Oceania Cruises’ Insignia, and will enter service in April 2012 Columbus 2 will have 349 cabins and accommodate 698 passengers, and amenities will include numerous bars and restaurants as well as a spa and ‘wellness’ area. In the summer months the ship, which was built in … [Read more...]
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is adding two new ships to its fleet, the Europa 2 and the Columbus 2. The line has signed a 12-year charter agreement for the 258-cabin, 516-passenger Europa 2, which will enter service in 2013. Construction will start on the ship – a sister to Europa, widely regarded as the best ship in the world – in September this year. Europa 2 will offer a “modern and casual” five-star alternative to the multi-award winning … [Read more...]
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is adding two new ships to its fleet. The line has signed a 12-year charter agreement for the 258-cabin, 516-passenger Europa 2, which will enter service in 2013. Construction will start on the ship – a sister to Europa, widely regarded as the best ship in the world – in September this year. Europa 2 will offer a “modern and casual” five-star alternative to the multi-award winning Europa. Both Europas … [Read more...]
Ask any number of cruise agents about Europa and they will tell you that she is a German ship run by Hapag-Lloyd in Hamburg. They will also tell you that it is targeted at the German market and therefore extremely popular with Germans. They know too that its crew is largely German and the language on board is German. As a result the food is German, the wines are German and the music is German. And there’s one final thing. The ship is always … [Read more...]
In the 2011 Berlitz Guide, Hapag-Lloyd's Europa was yet again only one ship to hit the heights with a five star plus rating. Indeed, for 11 years in a row, the ship has been voted the best cruise ship in the world. With such a reputation, we wanted to find out if the ship is worthy of the accolades and what she is really like. Keith Allan went on board for Cruise International and sailed up the Baltic to St Petersburg for what he hoped would … [Read more...]
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Columbus 2: LAUNCHING APRIL 2012
