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Marella Discovery 2: 1995: 2017: 69,130 tons Bahamas: Previously Legend of the Seas, TUI Discovery 2. Renamed Marella Discovery 2 in October 2017. Marella Explorer: 1996: Meyer Werft: 2018: 76,522 tons Malta: Previously Celebrity Galaxy, Mein Schiff 1, sold to Marella in 2018. originally planned to be named TUI Explorer: Marella Explorer 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.
It is a subsidiary of TUI UK, itself a subsidiary of TUI Group, and its holidays are sold solely online. It also operates own brand hotels. First Choice Holidays previously traded as a subsidiary of First Choice Group plc until its merger with TUI Travel plc in 2007. The company was then revived as a brand in 2011 under the TUI Group brand ...
TUI announced a merger of its travel division with the British tour operator First Choice in March 2007, [10] which was approved by the European Commission on 4 June 2007, on the condition that the merged company sell Budget Travel in Ireland. [11] TUI held a 55% stake in the new company, TUI Travel PLC, which began operations in September 2007 ...
TUI Airways has its origins in several rival airlines. Euravia (later renamed Britannia Airways in December 1964 [6]) was founded in January 1962. [7] Orion Airways, founded in 1979 by Horizon Holidays and later owned by the large brewing firm Bass Brewery and InterContinental Hotels Group, was sold and merged with Britannia Airways in 1989 but retained the Britannia name.
Thomson Travel Group plc was a business formed by the Thomson Corporation of Canada, when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. It was acquired by Preussag AG, an industrial and transport conglomerate, in 2000.
The company also acquired the German tourism operator TUI in 1998 and the French firm Nouvelles Frontières. [1] After these acquisitions, Preussag was Europe's leading tourism operator. [ 1 ] In July 2002, Preussag was rebranded as TUI , short for Touristik Union International, the name of a subsidiary it had bought previously.
In May 2009, she was transferred to the fleet of TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI AG and Celebrity Cruises' owner Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. [6] She was renamed Mein Schiff (English: My Ship) on 15 May 2009, [1] [7] Mein Schiff 1 in November 2010, and Marella Explorer in 2018.