TUI Cruises
TUI Cruises GmbH is a cruise company with headquarters in Hamburg. Founded in April 2008, is a joint venture of TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. , The second largest cruise company in the world. The first ship in the fleet is named Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff was found to be in service in May 2009; the second ship called Mein Schiff 2 in May 2011 and took his journey on. Two more ships are under construction.
The Company
Creation and positioning
The company TUI Cruises is the latest cruise brand on the German market. Managing directors are Richard J. Vogel (Chairman ) and Frank Kuhlmann. TUI Cruises did not want to wait the necessary to build a new ship three years until entering the market, which is why the company by the shipping company Celebrity Cruises, also a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. , The cruise ship Celebrity Galaxy bought after the foundation. Also, Mein Schiff 2, the former Celebrity Mercury comes from the fleet of Celebrity Cruises and was rebuilt in early 2011 for 50 million euros. The offer of TUI Cruises has positioned itself in the premium travel between club and traditional cruise as 4 ½ -star product segment.
Employee
The approximately 200 employees in Hamburg headquarters and in Berlin working in the areas of ship operations and guest service, entertainment, Sales, Sales, Marketing, Communications, Control and Finance and utilization control. The crew on board the Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 consists of approx 780 employees.
Commitment to environmental protection
TUI Cruises is since 2010 a member of Futouris eV, a non-profit organization that acts as a sustainability initiative of the tourism industry. Essentially TUI Cruises plans by the sustainability initiative to promote environmental protection projects. So TUI Cruises, among others support since May 2013, the nonprofit Foundation SECORE the coral protection.
Fleet
27 September 2011 TUI Cruises announced that the Finnish shipyard STX Finland an order for construction of a new cruise ship, the ship received My 3. The approximately 295 m long ship will have 1250 cabins and be baptized in June 2014. 82 % of the cabins are equipped with balcony or veranda, the staff / guest ratio should correspond to that of the other ships in the fleet. Construction began in November 2012.
Another ship, the Mein Schiff 4, was appointed in the autumn of 2012; Construction began on 24 May 2013., It is to be delivered in April 2015.
Criticism
In December 2011, the President of TUI Cruises, Richard Vogel was awarded the negative price dinosaur of the year alongside Michael Thamm of AIDA Cruises.
"Their alleged, the White Fleet ' are dirty Rußschleudern in truth, for the cruise ships sail on the high seas still with toxic heavy oil. This pushes a single giant ocean liner on a cruise so many pollutants as five million cars on the same route. The dangers to the environment and people's health could easily be avoided, but for profit deny the German shipowner so far the use of marine diesel and installation of exhaust systems such as particulate filters. "