CRUISE LINE ANNOUNCES ORDER OF TWO NEW SHIPS.Byline: Daily News Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line, based out of Santa Clarita, California, that operates cruise ships also shares the same building with Cunard Line headquarters. It is one of the many cruise lines operated by the Carnival Corporation. , relocating its headquarters to Valencia Valencia, region, Spain Valencia (välān`thēä), autonomous region (1990 pop. 3,902,429) and former kingdom, E Spain, on the Mediterranean. It now comprises the provinces of Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia. , announced Wednesday that it has ordered two new 2,600-passenger ships. These new orders, plus the cruise line's other three ships under construction, will double its capacity in the next four years. The newest ships - as yet unnamed - will be delivered in the spring and fall of 2001. The two new ships, each costing approximately $425 million, will bring Princess' expansion to more than $2.5 billion. The additional ships will bring the company's fleet to 13 and reinforce its standing as one of the top three cruise lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America . The Grand Princess, which will debut in May in Europe, will be the largest cruise ship on the sea. It will arrive Sept. 24 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of before beginning its maiden MAIDEN. The name of an instrument formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Caribbean season Oct. 4. ``Our decision to expand the fleet so aggressively is based on the advance bookings on Grand Princess, which is already sold out for her inaugural European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. season, and the outstanding passenger and travel agent reaction to our other Grand Class ships already in service,'' said Princess President Peter Ratcliffe. A Princess spokeswoman said it is uncertain what effects the expansion will have on operations at the new headquarters at the Valencia Town Center. Princess is relocating from Century City to a six-story building under construction. The newest ships will be deployed to the Caribbean year-round. The ships will be constructed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste, Italy, which has built all Princess vessels. |
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