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Topic: Happy Dolphin to the Turkish markets

Eerik
First Class Passenger
Member # 1614

posted 03-11-2012 05:01 PM

After the fall of the Happy Cruises, Happy Dolphin has been laid up in Piraeus. She will be chartered for the summer season to a Turkish tour operator ETSTUR and be renamed AEGEAN PARADISE. She will start cruising from Izmir and do 2, 3 and 4-night cruises to the Greek Islands. At the end of August she will be deployed to Istanbul where she will do 3, 5, 6 and 7-night cruises to the Greek Islands and to the Black Sea. The season will end at the 28th September when the ship arrives to Istanbul.

The Turkish Apex Tour will charter the OCEAN MAJESTY for the third time this summer. She will perform a series of cruises out of Izmir. The first cruse will depart 22th May and the last cruise of the season will end 9th of November. There will be various cruise alternatives from 3 and 4-night cruises to the Greek Islands, and 7-night cruises to the Adriatic coasts. Even cruises to the Black Sea are planned.

The Turkish Bamtur will charter the ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLD for the second summer. The ship will start with a 7-night cruise from Istanbul on the 26th May. On the second day the cruise the ship will visit Cesme, where it is also possible to start the Greek Islands cruise. It is still unclear how long will the Bamturs season last this year.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-11-2012 05:24 PM

Excellent Eerik, many thanks. The Turkish market is increasing. Ocean Majesty and AvH both looked smart together in Rhodes last summer. Let's hope Aegean Paradise has more success than she did as Happy Dolphin/Delphin Voyager.

Pam

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