Saga Cruises to launch all-balcony cruise ship

BRITISH cruise line #Saga #Cruises has announced plans to build an all-balcony ship. The vessel will carry almost 1,000 passengers in more than 500 suites and cabins, each with a balcony. 

Saga Cruises currently operates only two ships, the 446-passenger Saga Pearl II and the 706-passenger Saga Sapphire, both of which will be eventually phased out. The plan for a new vessel comes as demand for sailings on the current ships are mounting: they carried around 25,000 passengers last year, with a 75 percent repeat passenger rate.

Built by Meyer Werft in Germany, the all-balcony ship will come into service in 2019. A second new vessel might also enter service by 2021.

The Saga Pearl II and the Saga Sapphire will visit 14 new ports in 2016, including Holy Loch (Scotland), Boulogne-sur-Mer (France), San Remo (Italy), and Southwold (Suffolk, England).

According to research by Saga, spending on cruising by people in the 50-plus age group is expected to increase by 43 percent to £2.2 billion by 2020.

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