- Asia Cruises
Asia Cruises (formerly Asia Cruiser Club) is a
cruise line operating fromHong Kong . It launched the "Captain Omar" in 1997, and has since acquired various cruise liners including "Omar II", "Omar III" and most recently the "Asia Star". [cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=16&art_id=57062&sid=16350416&con_type=3&d_str=20071117&fc=12|title=All aboard for a boardroom meeting|last=Kam|first=Joyce|date=17 November 2007 |work=The Standard |accessdate=2008-07-18] [cite news|url=http://www.ttgasia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14218|title=Tried & Tested - Asia Star cruise delights|last=O'Young|first=Anneliese|date=June 2008|work=Travel Trade Gazette Asia|accessdate=2008-07-18] The company is controlled by entrepreneurStanley Ho . [cite news|url=http://www.shippingonline.cn/info/msg.asp?id=49|title=Asia Cruises sends vessel to cruise after sale fails|date=10 October 2005 |work=Shippingonline.cn |accessdate=2008-07-18]History
Asia Cruises was founded in 1997. [cite web|url=http://www.asiacruiser.com/eng/about/|title=About us|publisher=Asia Cruises|accessdate=2008-07-20] Beginning in 2003, Asia Cruises has successfully obtained embarkation and berthing rights from the Chinese government at eight separate ports in
Tianjin ,Shanghai ,Xiamen ,Dalian ,Dandong ,Ningbo ,Shantou andHaikou . The "Asia Star" (formerly the "Radisson Diamond") was added to the fleet in 2005 [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-128447972.html|title=Radisson Diamond to exit line in June; new owner, Asia Cruises, requests earlier delivery|last=Tobin|first=Rebecca|date=January 31 ,2005 |work=Travel Weekly |accessdate=2008-07-18] at a cost of HK$390 million. [cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=10125&sid=6259594&con_type=1&d_str=20060118&fc=7|title=Hong Kong Confidential: Star upstart|date=18 January 2006 |work=The Standard |accessdate=2008-07-18]Fleet
Current Fleet
*"Asia Star"
Previous Ships
*"Captain Omar"
*"Omar II"
*"Omar III" (formerly "Sun Viking, Hyundai Pongnae," sold in 2007) [cite news|url=http://www.dvbbank.com/downloads/press_review/rasp_tradewinds_23022007.pdf|title=Hong Kong outfit finally sells cruiseship|last=Boonzaier|first=Jonathan|date=23 February 2007 |work= [http://www.tradewinds.no/ TradeWinds] |accessdate=2008-07-20]References
External links
* [http://www.asiacruiser.com/eng/home/index.htm Asia Cruises Homepage]
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