Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-04-28
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[01] New cruise vessel "Sea Diamond" unveiled
[01] New cruise vessel "Sea Diamond" unveiled
Louis Hellenic Cruises on Friday unveiled its new cruise vessel ?Sea
Diamond?, scheduled to begin three- and four-day cruises in the Aegean
from May 1.
Merchant Marine Minister Manolis Kefaloyiannis and Tourism Minister
Fani Palli-Petralia attended the inaugurating ceremony. Kefaloyiannis
praised Louis Hellenic Cruisesâ contribution in the rebirth of the sea
cruise industry in Greece, while Mrs Palli-Petralia congratulated
Kostakis Loizou, Louis Hellenic Cruisesâ president, for his efforts to
promote sea cruise and tourism in general.
?Our vision is to link our companyâs growth with the revival and
strengthening of Greek sea cruise sector, Greek tourism and the
countryâs economy. With our new vessel, Sea Diamond, we make another
step towards this goal,? Loizou said.
The new vessel was built in Finland in 1986, initially under the name
?Birka Princess? and was fully renovated in 1999. Louis Hellenic
Cruises bought the vessel for 35 million US dollars and spent another
10 million US dollars for renovation works.
Sea Diamond is a 22,412 ton vessel with a capacity of 1,250 passengers
in 570 cabins.
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