STRALSUND, Germany, 30 June 2021: Crystal Expedition Cruises
officially welcomed its new luxury expedition yacht Crystal Endeavor to the
fleet, the first and only Polar Class Six expedition yacht built in a German
shipyard.
Executives from Genting Hong Kong (GHK), including group
president Colin Au; Crystal’s senior vice president and hotel operations,
Bernie Leypold joined the naming ceremony that took place on the helipad of the
ship docked at MV WERFTEN shipyard in Stralsund.
“Today is a landmark day as we christen Crystal Endeavor…
a testament to Crystal’s award-winning design and MV WERFTEN’S superb German
engineering with system redundancies, including 100% additional lifeboat
capacity, to handle extreme polar conditions,” said GHK Chairman Tan Sri KT
Lim.
The 200 passenger Crystal Endeavor will offer 100
all-verandah, all-butler serviced suites, among the most spacious in expedition
cruising. Inaugural 10-night voyages,
Iceland, the Arctic Circle and Europe, will start from 17 July.
The Luxury Iceland Expedition voyages will sail roundtrip
from the ship’s homeport of Reykjavík and will be followed by the 10-night Journey
of Vikings: Iceland & Norway from Reykjavík to Tromsø departing 5 September
2021.
