Regent Seven Seas Cruises

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Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Tourism
Founded1992
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products Cruises
Parent Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Website rssc.com

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, is a luxury cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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Since September 2014, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, which also owns Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises.

Ownership

Apollo Global Management, a New York-based private equity firm, purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies. for $1 billion in February 2008. Apollo also owned Oceania Cruises and 15.8% of Norwegian Cruise Line. Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around the world. [1]

Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent. The new ship was planned to be of similar dimensions and capacity as the Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner , but with larger accommodations and expanded public spaces. This was to be the Seven Seas Explorer .

On September 2, 2014 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings purchased Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for $3.025 billion. [2]

Fleet

Current ships [3]

ShipBuiltBuilderPax Gross Tonnage FlagImage
Seven Seas Navigator 1999 T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy 49628,803 GTCivil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Seven Seas Navigator, Fremantle, 2018 (06).jpg
Seven Seas Voyager 2003 T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy 69842,363 GTCivil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Seven Seas Voyager departing Tallinn 20 September 2014.JPG
Seven Seas Mariner 2001 Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France 70048,075 GTCivil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Seven Seas Mariner IMO 9210139 06 @chesi.JPG
Seven Seas Explorer 2016 Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente, Genova 74655,254 GTFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Seven Seas Explorer Cadiz.jpg
Seven Seas Splendor 2020 Fincantieri, Ancona [4] 74656,182 GTFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Seven Seas Splendor Jan 19 2023.png
Seven Seas Grandeur 2023 Fincantieri, Ancona 74456,199 GTFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands

Future ships [5]

ShipBuiltBuilderPax Gross Tonnage FlagNotes
Seven Seas Prestige2026 Fincantieri, Ancona 85076,550 GTFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Largest vessel ever built for Regent. [6] [7]
TBA2029 Fincantieri, Ancona 85076,550 GTFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands Sister ship to largest vessel ever built for Regent.

Former ships

ShipBuiltIn Service for RegentBuilderPax Gross Tonnage StatusImage
Song of Flower 1973/19861990-2003KMV, Kristiansand, Norway 2008,282 GRTScrapped 2024 [8] Le Diamant is a small cruise ship operated by Compagnie du Ponant, of France (5864483344).jpg
Radisson Diamond 19921992-2005Finnyards Rauma, Finland 35420,295 GT Wrecked in 2022 San Juan. Radisson Diamond cruise ship. Puerto Rico (2749200365).jpg
Paul Gauguin 19971997-2010 [9] Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France 33219,200 GT Sailing for Ponant Cruises Cruise Ship Paul Gaugin 02.jpg

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