Ibero Cruises
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
Founded2007
Defunct2014
FateBrand discontinued, merged with Costa Crociere
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
ProductsCruises
Websitehttp://www.iberocruceros.es (via the Web Archive)

Ibero Cruises (Spanish: Ibero Cruceros) was a British-American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Iberocruceros operated voyages from Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America.

History

The company was founded in 2003 as Viajes Iberojet and renamed in 2007 and became a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation,[1] under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division. Ibero Cruises started with three ships; Grand Mistral, Grand Latino, and Grand Voyager which were provided by Orizonia. In 2008, the Grand Celebration, provided by Carnival Cruises was transferred to the fleet of Ibero.[1] An additional ship, the Grand Holiday, was transferred into the fleet in 2009 from Carnival.

It was announced in November 2014, that Costa Cruises would absorb Ibero Cruises in its entirety by the end of the year. The Grand Celebration would be transferred to the main fleet of Costa Crociere as the Costa Celebration.[2] Also the Grand Holiday would be transferred to the British Cruise & Maritime Voyages as the Magellan.[3]

Ibero's docking slots in Barcelona would be devoted solely to Costa's newest ship, the Costa Diadema as well.[4][5]

Former fleet

ShipClassBuiltEntered service
for Ibero Cruceros		TonnageFlagNotesImage
Grand LatinoRoyal Viking Star class19732004–200521,891 GRT PortugalBuilt as Royal Viking Sky for Royal Viking Line Sold to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines in 2005 as Boudicca. Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey in 2021.
Grand Voyager20002004–201124,427 GT PortugalPreviously Olympic Voyager for Royal Olympic Cruises, In 2011 transferred to Costa Cruises as Costa Voyager.
Sold to Bohai Ferry in 2014 as the Chinese Taishan.
Grand MistralMistral class19992003–201348,200 GT PortugalPreviously Mistral for the failed Festival Cruises, now with Ambassador Cruise Line as Ambition.
Grand CelebrationHoliday class19872008–201447,262 GT PortugalPreviously Celebration for Carnival Cruise Lines. Transferred as the Costa Celebration to Costa Cruises in November 2014.
Sold to Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line in December 2014.
Scrapped in Alang, India in 2021.
Grand HolidayHoliday class19852010–201446,052 GT PortugalPreviously Holiday for Carnival Cruise Lines.
She joined the Cruise & Maritime Voyages fleet in March 2015, as the Magellan.[6]
Scrapped in Alang, India in 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 "Iberocruceros". Cruise Critic. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Grand Celebration to become Costa Celebration Later This Year". Cruise News. Cruise Industry News. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  3. ↑ "CMV announces new flagship to join fleet". Cruise Capital Image Archive.
  4. ↑ "Ibero Cruises to be Absorbed into Costa Cruises - Cruise Currents". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  5. ↑ "Travel Daily | Costa to absorb Ibero".
  6. ↑ Staff, CIN (3 November 2014). "Grand Holiday to CMV".

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