A&K Travel Group has revealed a date for the delivery of the first of its new Crystal luxury cruise ships. First reported by LATTE, CEO of A&K, Christina Levis, said that the ship will debut in May 2028.
Currently, Crystal operates two luxury cruise ships- Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony. Both vessels were resurrected by A&K Travel Group in 2023 following the demise of the former owner. Before relaunching, the luxury travel company invested heavily in a suite redesign, and capacity reduction.
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Crystal New Luxury Cruise Ship Details
Crystal’s first new classic luxury cruise ship (not yet formally named), is set to be completed by 30 May 2028. A date for the second sister-vessel has not yet been confirmed.
The first ship will be built at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, near Venice, while the location of the second ship’s construction site remains unknown, other than it will “be made in Italy,” Levis highlighted.
The new all-balcony suite Classic ships will have a capacity of just 690 guests, making it the ultimate small-ship luxury cruise. Furthermore, it differs from the Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony that were constructed with guestrooms overlooking the Promenade Deck.
The walk around the Promenade Deck is a key characteristic of Symphony and Serenity, loved by loyal guests. Excitingly, passengers can still look forward to it being reproduced on the new ships.
“The Promenade Deck is a feature almost all ships no longer have nowadays. For the new build, we want to have the full promenade deck because guests love it. It’s one of the features they love the most about Crystal.”
As for the configuration of the new luxury cruise ships, Levis says the mix of suites will be “more or less what we have today”, excluding rooms with no balconies. That’s a mix of Double and Single Guest Rooms, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Junior Crystal and Crystal Penthouse.
Levis confirmed signature restaurants from Chef Nobu, the Alajmo Brothers and Beef Bar will be replicated on the new ships. New restaurant partnerships will also be revealed “very soon… in the next few weeks”.
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