Celestyal Cruises
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Celestyal Cruises (formed in 2014[9]) is a succession to Louis Cruises and Louis Cruise Lines. The Cruise line was a subsidiary of Louis plc (founded in 1935 as the first travel agency in Cyprus) until November 2021 when Searchlight Capital Partners took a majority share within the Cruise Line.[10]
Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Hospitality Travel Tourism |
Founder | Louis Group [1] |
Headquarters | Piraeus, Athens, Greece |
Area served | Greece Greek Islands Turkey Eastern Mediterranean |
Key people | David Noyes - Chairman [2]
Chris Theophilides - CEO [3] George Koumpenas - COO [4] Lee Haslett - CCO [5] Marios Theodosiou - CFO [6] Eduardo Aranda - CSTO [7] |
Products | Cruise ships |
Parent | Searchlight Capital[8] |
Website | https://celestyal.com |
Celestyal Cruises has two cruise ships:[11] the MS Celestyal Discovery and the MS Celestyal Journey. The cruise line operates out of Athens, Greece[12] offering itineraries on a 3,4- and 7-night basis[13] around the Greek islands, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It is reported that it carried 115,000 guests in 2019.[14] Celestyal Cruises operated for six years in Cuba until 2018[15][16] and historically chartered ships to Marella Cruises, previously Thomson Cruises.[17][18][19]