The vessel will trade mainly from Turkey to the Greek Islands and North Africa, with the main passenger turnaround port Izmir, Turkey. The menus are fully adapted to the Turkish culture with a mix of various food types.
The vessel is on full timecharter to Apex Tour, a well established Turkish Company.
This is a very good opportunity for V.Ships Leisure to enter the Eastern Mediterranean market and, in particular Turkey, which offers growth potential as a source and destination market for cruise shipping.
Hans Heger, Director of Hotel Operations, confirmed: "We are very pleased to start this collaboration within this new market, and hope it is the first of much other business in the area."
V.Ships Leisure (www.vshipsleisure.com) is the passenger shipping arm of V.Ships, part of the large V.Group – a group of companies formed in 1984 that has become the world’s largest supplier of ship management and marine outsourcing services. Its offices and located in Monaco, Miami, Southampton and Piraeus.
Source: www.cruisebusiness.com
Off Radar Comment
This is a great scoop for V.Ships which is showing something of a resurgence after losing some key business set backs in the past 5 years. The luxury line Silversea Cruises was their best recent business success and we wonder who is next?
