Marella Cruises

Tui transfers shipbuilding slots from Marella Cruises to sister line in push for more UK passengers

Tui AG said the decision to move the slots from Marella Cruises to Tui Cruises was taken to strengthen the brand's long-term growth platform in Europe and UK

Is this the perfect cruise-starter holiday for a family?

Disaster strikes onboard Marella Discovery 2. Amy goes missing. Somewhere between the kids’ club and our cabin. My six-year-old daughter has a lonely night without her.

The next morning, we retrace our steps from the night before – which is practically the length of the ship – and find Amy, a much-loved cuddly, safe and well, propped up on the housekeeping trolley of cabin attendant Lubaib, who had scooped her off the corridor floor a few hours earlier.

Marella Cruises details return to Tunisia in winter 2026/27 programme

Tui’s UK cruise brand is to return to Tunisia after an absence of more than 10 years in the 2026/27 season, with several new ports also confirmed by Marella Cruises

Marella Cruises orders two new-builds 'designed specifically for the British market'

The two new ships – Tui-owned Marella’s first new-builds – will be delivered in 2030 and 2032

Tui hopeful two Marella new-builds will generate €10 million a month from 2031

Tui Group’s UK cruise arm Marella Cruises currently operates five ships – Marella Voyager, Marella Discovery, Marella Discovery 2, Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2

New trade hub 'to make selling Tui and Marella as easy as possible'

The TuiTradeHub is already available to agents and is divided into two sections – one on the company’s land product and one on Marella Cruises

Marella boss reveals how line managed to win over third-party agents

Managing director Chris Hackney tells TTG this year has been the best in the line’s history. More than 350,000 passengers have sailed with the Tui-owned line and almost 200 new agents have booked a Marella sailing

Tui to resume flying from Southampton after 15-year hiatus

Flights to Majorca will run every Tuesday from 27 May 2025 and 20 September 2025 to align with Marella Cruises’ summer programme

Tui adds new ports and sailings to 2025 river and ocean programmes

The travel giant has decided to expand its cruise operations in the Caribbean and on European rivers

Marella Cruises unveils first ‘trade-wide’ incentive to woo third-party agents

Top-selling agents can win a place on a sailing on Marella Explorer 2 next year through the incentive

Marella Cruises scraps Middle East and Asia programme amid Red Sea conflict

The Tui-owned line is offering impacted passengers either a £200 discount on another cruise or a full refund

Why summer 2024 looks set to be the most competitive for years

Jet2, Tui and easyJet holidays are all set for major expansion next summer, and will face competition from the OTA sector

Marella boss: 'We always see the value of getting agents onboard'

Chris Hackney tells TTG about Tui and Marella’s return to the trade and how the brand’s grand vision has been shaped by ever-changing consumer lifestyle trends

Marella Cruises to return to Dominican Republic after seven-year absence

Line will homeport Marella Explorer 2 in La Romana for a series of winter 2024/25 sailings

Tui to come in from the cold and court independent agents again

Commercial director Richard Sofer tells TTG how Tui plans to start selling more holidays through independent agents and ’redress the balance’ of recent years

Becky Hill performs as Marella Voyager named in Malaga

The vessel sets sail on its maiden customer voyage from Palma on Saturday

Tui eyes 'profitable UK growth' through higher value products

Speaking after the company published its financial results for the second financial quarter (three months to 31 March 2023), Tui chief Sebastian Ebel said the business will utilises all of its brands to increase its UK market share

Marella to scrap Covid vaccination requirements from May

The Tui-owned line will remove vaccination requirements in most of its destinations

Tui creates new trade team to ‘enhance’ cruise support

The four-strong team is tasked with driving trade bookings and growing awareness of Marella’s ocean and river product

Marella Cruises drops pre-departure Covid-19 testing

The new rules will apply to all international sailings apart from those out of Corfu, as the Greek government still requires cruise guests to test before boarding a ship

Marella Cruises launches Cruise Month campaign 'earlier than ever'

It includes the line’s latest TV advert, which will be aired across daytime slots on ITV until 30 September

Marella unveils dining options onboard new ship Voyager

The new renderings come ahead of the vessel’s launch this summer

Marella Cruises to make Canada debut next winter

Line to offer 14-night sailing from the US to Canada as part of its winter 2023/24 programme

Marella adds fifth ship and confirms debut US sailings

Marella Voyager will have the same capacity as the line’s Explorer and Explorer 2 ships and debut in 2023