Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) is a luxury cruise line, formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company offers cruises which visit over 300 ports worldwide. Regent Seven Seas specializes in ships with a small passenger capacity.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Subsidiary
IndustryTourism
Founded1992
HeadquartersMiami, Florida, United States
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsCruises
ParentNorwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Websiterssc.com

Since September 2014, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has been a wholly owned subsidiary owned of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, which also owns Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises.

Ownership

Apollo Management, an investment group, purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies. for $1 billion in February 2008. Apollo Investments also owned Oceania Cruises and 15.8% of Norwegian Cruise Line. Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around the world.[1]

Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent. The new ship was planned to be of similar dimensions and capacity as the Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner, but with larger accommodations and expanded public spaces. This was to be the Seven Seas Explorer.

On September 2, 2014 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings purchased Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for $3.025 billion.[2]

Current Fleet
ShipBuiltBuilderGross TonnageFlagImage
Seven Seas Navigator1999T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy28,550 GT Bahamas
Seven Seas Voyager2003T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy42,363 GT Bahamas
Seven Seas Mariner2001Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France48,075 GT Bahamas
Seven Seas Explorer2016Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente, Genova54,000 GT Bahamas
Seven Seas Splendor2020Fincantieri, Ancona[3]55,254 GT Bahamas

Future Ships
ShipTo be DeliveredBuilderGross TonnageFlagNotes
TBALate 2023Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente, Genova55,000 GT Bahamas

Former ships
  • Radisson Diamond 1992-2005, since 2005 sailing as the casino cruise ship Asia Star
  • Song of Flower 1990-2003, sold to the Cie des Iles du Ponant
  • Minerva
  • Paul Gauguin

References
  1. "Apollo Management L.P. Acquires Regent Seven Seas Cruises" (Press release).
  2. "Norwegian Cruise Line Purchases Prestige Cruise Holdings - Cruise Industry News - Cruise News". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2019/fincantieri-launched-seven-seas-splendor-in-ancona/
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