Iberocruceros
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Ibero Cruises is a British
-American
and Spanish
owned cruise line
based in Madrid
, Spain
. The company was founded in 2007 as a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc
and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group
, Carnival Corporation's European division. The cruise line is aimed at the Spanish
and Portuguese
speaking market.
Ibero Cruises started operation with three ships: Grand Mistral
and Grand Voyager
, were provided by Orizonia from its Iberojet
fleet, and the third, Grand Celebration, was provided by Carnival Corporation from its Carnival Cruises fleet. A fourth ship, the Grand Holiday, has also been transferred from the Carnival fleet.
, the Mediterranean, and in South America
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
owned cruise line
Cruise line
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the ship's captain,...
based in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The company was founded in 2007 as a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc , is a American-British Company, and the world's largest cruise ship operator. It is a dual listed company, with headquarters at Carnival Place in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, USA, and at Carnival House in Southampton, England, UK...
and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group
Costa Cruises
Costa Cruises is a British-American owned Italian cruise line, based in Genoa, Italy.Founded in 1924, the company originally operated cargo ships, until the introduction of passenger services in 1947, with regular services between Italy and South America...
, Carnival Corporation's European division. The cruise line is aimed at the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
speaking market.
Ibero Cruises started operation with three ships: Grand Mistral
Grand Mistral
MS Grand Mistral is a cruise ship currently sailing for Iberocruceros and formerly owned by Festival Cruise Line.- External links :*http://www.iberocruceros.com/flota/grand-mistral.aspx...
and Grand Voyager
Grand Voyager
MS Costa Voyager is a cruise ship sailing for Costa Cruises and was formerly owned by Royal Olympic Cruises and Ibero cruceros as Grand Voyager....
, were provided by Orizonia from its Iberojet
Iberojet
Iberojet is a Spanish holiday company, and a constituent of the Orizonia Corporation.-Overview:Iberojet is a wholesale travel company, providing a range of services, most notably air travel. The company's key services are holidays within Spain, the wider European continent and the Mediterranean,...
fleet, and the third, Grand Celebration, was provided by Carnival Corporation from its Carnival Cruises fleet. A fourth ship, the Grand Holiday, has also been transferred from the Carnival fleet.
Destinations
Iberocruceros operates voyages in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, the Mediterranean, and in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
.
Former fleet
- Grand VoyagerGrand VoyagerMS Costa Voyager is a cruise ship sailing for Costa Cruises and was formerly owned by Royal Olympic Cruises and Ibero cruceros as Grand Voyager....
- Left fleet to become Costa Voyager - Grand Latino - Now with Fred Olsen Cruises as BoudiccaMV BoudiccaMV Boudicca is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland as Royal Viking Sky for Nordenfjeldske Dampsibsselskap, Trondheim, who placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service...