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VIKAND Solutions (Dania Beach Florida-based medical group specializing in maritime healthcare) has recently entered into a partnership with TUI. On February 7, 2020, TUI AG announced that Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (valued ~EUR 1,2 billion) becomes part of TUI Cruises. On May 27, 2010, was revealed that Celebrity Mercury joins TUI fleet as "Mein Schiff 2"(renamed in 2018 to Mein Schiff Herz/now Marella Voyager). In April 2019, the shipowner TUI AG terminated the charters of its 3 riverboats and established the UK-focused brand "TUI River Cruises" (tui. The ship operates Mediterranean cruises (leaving from Malaga Spain) and Canary Islands cruises (out of Tenerife to ports in the Canaries, Morocco, and Madeira).

Each evening features first class entertainment with shows, singers and comedians, as well as a range of different bars and lounges where you can relax and make the most of your Thomson cruise. The new river cruise company offers GBP 120 (~EUR 140 / USD 155) per person in OBC (onboard credit) towards all land tour bookings.The company also owns aircraft and the airlines Corsair International (France), TUI Airways (UK), TUI fly Nordic (Sweden), TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Deutschland, TUI fly Netherlands. Thomson Dream (Marella Dream) joined the fleet in spring 2010 being long-term chartered from Costa Cruises. The deal was fully financed within TUI Cruises (joint venture) - without further contribution from TUI AG and RCCL. Las Palmas roundtrips offer exclusively Canary Islands cruises (without visiting ports in Morocco, northwestern Africa). In October 2015, Thomson's Island Cruises brand was discontinued after its only ship MS Island Escape (now Ocean Gala) completed its last voyage with Thomson.

TUI Group's current CEO is Sebastian Ebel, who (in October 2022) succeeded Fritz Joussen (2013-2022).

The UK-based company Marella Cruises has recently integrated the Starlink WiFi connectivity service throughout its fleet.

In late-April 2020 was officially announced that the liner Marella Celebration will be retired (either sold or scrapped) after 15 years of service with Thomson-Marella UK. There are also different activities for children onboard and special children's menu for junior diners. Currently, Marella Cruises offers gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and diabetic-friendly menu options. During the company's 10 years of service (2008-2018), the six Mein Schiffs handled around 2,2 million passengers, visited over 200 seaports and covered around 2,9 million km (1,8 million ml).

Operations were restarted in 1995 after Thomson chartered the liner Sapphire (originally named MS Italia, built 1965, scrapped 2010) from Louis Cruise Lines (now Celestyal Cruises). Having two ships means you’re able to pair a wider choice of itineraries with the exciting features offered by this larger, more contemporary style of vessel.

In late-April 2020, Marella announced that the Celebration ship will be retired after 15 years of service with Thomson-Marella UK. The 7-day Dubai roundtrips visit Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and UAE (Abu Dhabi), with Dubai pre- and post-cruise overnights.TUI's Rhine voyages start on April 8 with the "Rhine Germs" itinerary visiting Koblenz and Speyer (Germany Rhineland-Palatinate) along with Basel Switzerland. Over the weekend of September 16th to 18th, the Port of Kiel (Germany) achieved a significant milestone by welcoming 1 million cruise passengers in a. Galaxy was re-christened on May 15 in Hamburg and renamed "Mein Schiff" (meaning "My Ship" in Deutsch). It only does fly cruises and its five ships tour the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Central America and the Mediterranean – carrying up to 1,924 passengers at a time. Thomson Spirit (1983-built, former ms Nieuw Amsterdam, ms Patriot, ms Spirit), joined the fleet in 2003.