Festival cruises
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| legal form | ? |
| founding | 1994 |
| resolution | 2004 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Greece |
| management | George Poulides |
| Branch | Cruises |
Festival Cruises was a Greece- based shipping company that operated several cruise lines from 1994 until it went bankrupt in 2004 .
history
Festival Cruises was founded in 1994 by the Greek shipowner George Poulides. The shipping company's first ship was The Azur , which was commissioned by the Greek shipping company Chandris in 1971 . In the following years Festival Cruises built a fleet of mostly older cruise ships that were mainly used for trips in the Mediterranean.
In 1999 the shipping company put its first new building into service with the Mistral . In 2001 and 2002 the larger sister ships European Vision and European Stars followed , which were based on the design of the Mistral and went to MSC Cruises after the dissolution of Festival Cruises . Two other sister ships were later put into service directly by MSC Cruises as MSC Lirica and MSC Opera .
In 2004 Festival Cruises filed for bankruptcy. The total of six ships in the fleet were then arrested and offered for sale after the shipping company was dissolved.
Ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
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| 1994 (1971) | The azure | 9,159 GRT | Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire | As Knyaz Vladimir in motion for the Russian state enterprise Rosmoport |
| 1994 (1968) | bolero | 15,781 GRT | AG Weser , Bremerhaven | Scrapped in 2018 |
| 1998 (1972) | flamenco | 17,042 GRT | Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso, Livorno | Most recently in service as an Ocean Dream , capsized off Laem Chabang in 2016 |
| 1999 | mistral | 48,200 GRT | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire | As AIDAmira for AIDA Cruises in drive |
| 2001 | European vision | 58,174 GRT | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire | As MSC Armonia for MSC Cruises in drive |
| 2002 | European stars | 58,174 GRT | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire | On the move as MSC Sinfonia for MSC Cruises |
| 2002 (1948) | Caribe | 15,614 GRT | Götaverken, Gothenburg | As Astoria for Cruise & Maritime Voyages momentum |