Island Cruises Sold

October 7, 2008 by admin 

Royal Caribbean have stated that Island Cruises has been Sold; Royal Caribbean have announced that the joint venture originally with First Choice and subsequently TUI is to be ended.

The break up will see Island Escape move to Thomson Cruises while Island Star, the better of the two Island Cruises ships and already owned by Royal Caribbean moving to Pullmantur.

Will this be the last cruise line to be sold or will we wake up to more news such as today’s “Island Cruises Sold” is anyone’s guess, however there is a concern in the industry that there are now too many ships vying for too few passengers and with more new builds coming this may not be the last action among the worlds leading cruise lines to sell off a product.