Who owns Crystal Symphony Cruise Ship?
Crystal Cruises is a cruise line now headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. The new company has announced major refurbishments and enhancements for the two award-winning ships in a Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste, Italy including increasing the number of butler suites and reducing guest capacity, with plans to resume service in June 2023 with shore…
Crystal Cruises is a cruise line now headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. The new company has announced major refurbishments and enhancements for the two award-winning ships in a Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste, Italy including increasing the number of butler suites and reducing guest capacity, with plans to resume service in June 2023 with shore excursions curated by Abercrombie & Kent.
Who owns Crystal Symphony Cruise Ship?
Crystal Symphony Cruise Ship was founded in 1988 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). Its first ship was Crystal Harmony. and sold to Hong Kong-headquartered conglomerate Genting Hong Kong in 2015. Following the insolvency of Genting Hong Kong, Crystal suspended operations of all its cruise ships in January 2022.
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. Meanwhile, V.Ships Leisure was appointed by the liquidators to manage Crystal’s ships.
On June 22, 2022, The Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, as well as the Crystal Cruises brand, have been acquired by A&K Travel Group, the company owned by Abercrombie and Kent CEO Geoffrey Kent and Heritage, the holding company chaired by Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio.
