Holland America Sells Prisendam

Holland America Line has announced that the Prinsendam has been sold and will leave its fleet July 1, 2019, and transfer to the German cruise company Phoenix Reisen. Following the sale, the 37,983-ton, 835-guest Prinsendam is being chartered back to Holland America Line to continue sailing its planned voyages through July 1, 2019.

Prinsendam’s itineraries from July 1, 2019, onward are scheduled to be assimilated by Rotterdam, Volendam and Veendam, the cruise line said. Holland America Line is reaching out to booked guests and their travel professionals to re-accommodate guests on these cruises. 

In a written statement Holland America Line President Orlando Ashford said that the cruise line will continue to offer the itineraries Prisendam had sailed on its other, smaller ships.

The Prinsendam was built in 1988 as Royal Viking Sun for Royal Viking Line. The ship was operated by Cunard Line from 1994 through 1998 and then transferred to Seabourn Cruise Line, where it became Seabourn Sun in 1999. In 2002 the ship joined the Holland America Line fleet and was renamed Prinsendam.

 Phoenix Reisen is a Germany-based travel agency that also operates a fleet of cruise ships and first began operating cruises under its own brand in 1988. Today, its ships include Amadea, Artania, Albatros and Deutschland, and the company also operates approximately 50 riverboats.

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