Crystal Cruises

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Crystal Cruises
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HeadquartersHallandale Beach, Florida, US
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Crystal Cruises is an American cruise line owned by A&K Travel Group.

It was founded in 1988 by Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and sold to Hong Kong-headquartered conglomerate Genting Hong Kong in 2015. Following insolvency in 2022, the Crystal Cruises brand and two cruise ships were bought by A&K Travel Group, to recommence operations in 2023, with headquarters in Hallandale Beach, Florida.[2] The new company has announced major refurbishments and enhancements for the two ships in a Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste, Italy, including increasing the number of butler suites and reducing guest capacity, and resumed service in July 2023 with shore excursions organized by Abercrombie & Kent.

History

The company was founded in 1988 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK).[3] Its first ship was Crystal Harmony.[4]

On March 3, 2015, NYK announced that it was selling Crystal Cruises to Genting Hong Kong.[5] The sale price was US$550 million in cash, subject to certain adjustment items.[6] On May 15, 2015, GHK announced that it had closed on the acquisition.[7]

On July 20, 2015, Crystal announced that it would expand to provide expedition cruises, river cruises, and private jet travel.[8]

On February 4, 2016, Crystal Cruises signed a purchase option for the Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found., also providing funding for docking costs for the ship in Philadelphia for nine months while it conducted a feasibility study into returning the ship to service.[9][10] However, the plan was dropped on August 5, 2016, citing technical challenges. It also announced a donation of US$350,000 to cover docking costs through to the end of the year.[11]

In September 2019, Crystal Cruises announced that it would have Broadway-themed cruises available starting in 2020.[12]

In August 2020, Crystal cancelled all cruises for the remainder of the year. Its parent company Genting Hong Kong had suspended payments to creditors citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new 200-passenger Crystal Endeavor was under construction at the time, with delivery scheduled for November 2020; that was delayed for a year because of the suspension of operations at the MV Werften shipyard in Germany.[13][14]

In March 2021, Crystal announced all-Bahamas cruises aboard Crystal Serenity would start on July 3, 2021, with departures from Nassau and Bimini to work around CDC cruise bans due to COVID-19 in the US.[15] Ports of call within the Bahamas included Harbour Island, Great Exuma, Long Island, and San Salvador. All passengers were required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.[16] The opening booking day set a record for the most bookings on a single day in the company's history.[17] Some destinations expressed concerns with the company's announcement, lack of consultation with local stakeholders, and negative impact to their existing tourism economy.[18]

Following the insolvency of Genting Hong Kong, Crystal suspended operations of all its cruise ships in January 2022.[19] Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity were subsequently arrested in Freeport, Bahamas over unpaid bills in February, and the company's headquarters in the United States closed.[20][21] Meanwhile, V.Ships Leisure was appointed by the liquidators to manage Crystal's ships.[22]

On June 22, 2022, it was announced that A&K Travel Group, owned by Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio and Geoffrey Kent had bought the bankrupt line's brand and two ocean vessels, Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, intending to return the ships to service in 2023.[23][24]

Two new ships were ordered at Fincantieri in June 2024 for delivery from 2028 onwards.[25][26] In Autumn, a third ship was ordered.[27][28][29][30]

Former Sub-brands

Crystal Yacht Cruises

Crystal Yacht Cruises launched in December 2015 with the Crystal Esprit. The 62-guest, 3,000-ton yacht was outfitted with features including a two-passenger submarine, four 10-passenger zodiacs for excursions, and a 12-passenger yacht tender for boating adventures. Additionally, water skis, wake boards, kayaks, jet skis, fishing, and scuba and snorkel equipment were available.[31]

Crystal Expedition Cruises

On January 15, 2018, the company cut steel for Crystal Endeavor at MV Werften, part of a family of shipyards known for their passenger-ship, icebreaker, and private-yacht building expertise.[32] The new PC6-designated expedition yacht was to launch on July 17, 2021, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Crystal Endeavor has a displacement of 20,200 GT and would operate polar expeditions and voyages in remote tropical regions. The yacht was to offer accommodation for 200 guests.[33]

Crystal River Cruises

In July 2016, Crystal launched Crystal River Cruises with the refurbished vessel Template:Interlanguage link multi. Crystal Bach and Crystal Mahler, the first two of four Rhine-class new-build river ships, were added in 2017 followed by Crystal Debussy and Crystal Ravel, in 2018.[citation needed]

Crystal Luxury Air/Crystal AirCruises

Crystal Luxury Air private jet service launched in 2015 with the company's Bombardier Global Express jet, available for charter and accommodating 12 guests. In August 2017, Crystal AirCruises took flight with the launch of Crystal Skye, a Boeing 777-200LR configured with 88 first-class, flat-bed seats, a lounge/dining room that seats 24, and a full bar. The National Hockey League was one of its first three charter customers. In addition, the company took delivery of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in May 2017. From November 2017, this aircraft was in storage[34], until it was sold for $25 million in 2024 to be scrapped by C&L Aviation.[35] The aircraft is estimated to have made just 13 hours in flight. The plans to configure it with 60 first-class seats for Crystal Luxury Air, offering 14- to 28-day around-the-world private jet journeys, never materialized.

Fleet

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Current fleet

Name Built Builder Entered service
for Crystal		 Gross tonnage Flag Notes Image
Crystal Symphony 1995 Knaerner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard 1995 51,044 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas File:Crystal Symphony at Pier 24 in Tallinn 22 June 2017.jpg
Crystal Serenity 2003 Chantiers de l'Atlantique 2003 68,870 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas File:MS Crystal Serenity Trieste 1.jpg

Former fleet

Name Built Builder Entered service
for Crystal		 Gross tonnage Flag Notes Image
Crystal Harmony 1989 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 1990 50,142 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Transferred to Nippon Yusen Kaisha in 2006 and renamed Asuka II File:Crystal Harmony arriving in Wellington Harbor, 27 February 2005 (cropped).jpg
Expedition ships
Crystal Esprit 1991 Flender Werke 2015 3,370 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Previously MegaStar Taurus
Sold to Lindblad Expeditions in 2021.[36]		 File:Crystal Esprit.jpg
Crystal Endeavor[37] 2021 MV Werften 2021 20,449 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Acquired by Silversea Cruises June 2022.[38] File:Stralsund, Crystal Endeavor vor der MV Werft (2021-03-26), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (4).jpg
River ships
Crystal Mozart 1987 Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau[39]
MV Werften (redesign) 		2016 532 File:Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta Operated by Crystal River Cruises
Named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 		File:Mozart (ship, 1987) 006.jpg
Crystal Bach 2017 MV Werften 2017 File:Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta Operated by Crystal River Cruises
Named after Johann Sebastian Bach 		Crystal Bach in Kiel Canal I
Crystal Mahler 2017 MV Werften 2017 File:Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta Operated by Crystal River Cruises
Named after Gustav Mahler 		File:Crystal Mahler (ship, 2017), stern, 2018 Ferencváros.jpg
Crystal Debussy 2018 MV Werften 2018 File:Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta Operated by Crystal River Cruises
Named after Claude Debussy 		File:Crystal Debussy ENI 04812690 op de Rijn bij Boppard foto 1.JPG
Crystal Ravel 2018 MV Werften 2018 File:Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta Operated by Crystal River Cruises
Named after Maurice Ravel
Aircraft
N989SF 2007 Bombardier Aerospace 2015 N/A Script error: No such module "flag". Bombardier Global Express. Operated by Corporate Flight Management.
Crystal Skye
P4-XTL[citation needed] 		2011 Boeing 2017 N/A Script error: No such module "flag". Ex Air Austral Boeing 777-200LR reg F-OLRA. Operated by Comlux.
N947BA[citation needed] 2016 Boeing 2017 N/A Script error: No such module "flag". Ex Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787-8 reg CN-RGB. Never entered service.

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