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TUI AG (trading as TUI Group) is a German multinational leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world. [2] [3] TUI is an acronym for Touristik Union International ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company changed its activities from mining to tourism.
As of March 2013, Thomson operates the Island Escape under its all-inclusive Island Cruises brand. In March 2015, Royal Caribbean International announced that they had agreed to sell Splendour of the Seas to TUI Cruises in the second quarter of 2016, and that TUI would lease the ship to Thomson Cruises to replace the Island Escape. [6]
TUI Travel PLC was a British leisure travel group headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex.The company was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG, which owned 56.4% of it. [2]
TUI planned to build two 2,500-passenger, 100,000-GT cruise ships in 2011 and 2012. [5] [6] TUI cruises first ship Mein Schiff. On May 27, 2010, it was announced that another Century-class ship, Celebrity Mercury, would become the latest addition to TUI's fleet, renamed Mein Schiff 2. Due to this Mein Schiff was immediately renamed Mein Schiff 1.
Crete (/ k r iː t / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced ⓘ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit.It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion.
Pages in category "Islands of Crete" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dia (island) G. Gavdopoula;
The island of Crete, an Ottoman possession since the end of the Cretan War (1645–1669), was inhabited by a mostly Greek-speaking population, whose majority was Christian. During and after the Greek War of Independence, the Christians of the island rebelled several times against external Ottoman rule, pursuing union with Greece. These were ...