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Renaissance Cruises

Description: Renaissance Cruises, originally founded in 1989, was a cruise line operator that operated year-round cruise itineraries ... more

Renaissance Cruises ... to the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The company ceased operations on 25 September 2001 and accommodated up to 220,000 guests in 2000. While the company had been in poor financial health for quite some time, the economic decline resulting from the September 11th terrorist attacks are credited with the demise of this cruise line.

Newest Review: ... the board, cautioning against panic (isn't that always a sign that yes, we should panic?) and saying that they had no word from Renaissance yet. Then the blow came. Renaissance Cruises had ceased operations, with immediate effect - all their cruises worldwide were being immediately interrupted and passengers disembarked at whichever stage of their trip they were - with arrangements being ... more

... made to repatriate them. Panic! Where was our long-saved-for-and-awaited vacation? Where was our hard-earned money? Where was Renaissance, our trusted cruise line? Gone. Travel insurance would not cover us for carrier bankruptcy. Credit card payme...more

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Renaissance Cruises: The Holiday from H-E-L-L (1144 words)
by - written on 03/10/01 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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This was a week made in hell. I just got the news, five days but what feels like an eternity ago, that the cruise line with which I had planned, booked and entirely paid a cruise of a lifetime, is no more. Renaissance Cruises, the fifth largest cruise line in the world, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, has gone bankrupt on September 25th, 2001, invoking the infamous Chapter 11 under US Law to be protected from creditors' claims. What Cruise, I hear you say? Indeed, Renaissance doesn't (or should that now be "didn't"?) have the level of recognition of the other megaliner companies, such as Princess, P&O, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, ... Read the complete review

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