The adults-only ship Marella Explorer 2 is homeported in La Romana (starting on Christmas Eve/Dec 24, 2024) for a series of Caribbean roundtrips. Both relocation voyages ("Wonders of the Far East" and "Flavours of the Far East") were planned as 14-day itineraries featuring a late-night stay in Singapore. Two Greek ocean liners were chartered by Thomson in 1973, but the company failed to capture the audience, like other cruise lines of the 1970s. The TUI AG-owned and TUI UK-managed Marella Cruises is launching its 5th ship - Marella Voyager, on Saturday, June 3rd as she begins Mediterranean. In May 2015, TUI AG Supervisory Board and RCCL-Royal Caribbean confirmed the purchase options for Schiff 7 and Schiff 8 (later renamed "Schiff 1" and "Schiff 2", delivered respectively in 2018 and 2019), as the German market reported further growth.

Germany roundtrips (from Kiel) visit Baltic Sea ports in Norway (Norwegian Fjords, Spitzbergen), Scandinavia, and Russia, Iceland.The boats usually operate roundtrips from the homeports Passau and Frankfurt (Germany), Amsterdam Holland and Budapest Hungary. Marella's summer 2025 program also introduces 10x cruise-and-land packages providing access to 200+ hotels in destinations like Palma, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Cyprus. On March 21st, TUI Cruises celebrated at an official ceremony at Meyer Turku shipyard the traditional keel-laying of its newest vessel, Mein Schiff 7. The UK-based company Marella Cruises has recently integrated the Starlink WiFi connectivity service throughout its fleet.

Marella Explorer 2 (1995-built, fka "SkySea Golden Era", initially "Celebrity Century") started operations in April 2019 with 7-day Mediterranean itineraries leaving roundtrip from homeport Naples (Italy).Corporation's portfolio consisted of 14 vessels (TUI, Thomson-Marella, and Hapag-Lloyd brands), several large tour operators, around 1600 travel agencies (including online portals), over 300 hotels (around 214,000 beds) and 6 airlines (over 150 aircraft). The 14-day Karibik roundtrip itineraries visit ports in Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Lucia, Grenada, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba. You can choose when you would like to dine, apart from Captains Cocktail night when early or late set dining times apply. Marella Cruises proudly hosts regular M Club sessions which are headed by experienced staff offeringgames, activities, crafts and even the chance to join the captain in action.

Marella Celebration (1984-built, former ms Noordam and Thomson Celebration) joined the fleet in 2005. Marella's Caribbean 2021 program was canceled, which affected the ships DISCOVERY (from Montego Bay Jamaica) and EXPLORER 2 (from Bridgetown Barbados). Operational between May 2015 - September 2018, the new cruise line handled nearly 300 voyages and around 0,5 million passengers. Onboard cuisine offers everything you can think about - from healthy options to exotic local specialties and culinary choices on offer.

In the Mediterranean, the ship cruises from Palma to large-city ports in France, Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Morocco (North Africa). Specialising in all-inclusive cruising, Marella Cruises is one of the UK’s largest cruise line catering to those looking for adventure, cultural immersion and exciting itineraries around the world.

In late-April 2020, Marella announced that the Celebration ship will be retired after 15 years of service with Thomson-Marella UK. Cuisine on board offers everything from healthy options to hearty British fare and exotic local specialities, with culinary choices on offer right around the clock. A cruise onboard a Marella ship means that you’ll always find stimulating and enriching activities to fill your day. TUI's "Italian" liners are LNG-powered and from the company's new InTUItion-Class (fka TUI XL-Schiff). Soon the company chartered other ocean liners, among which Island Breeze (RMS Transvaal Castle, 1961-2003), Topaz (RMS Empress of Britain, 1955-2008), The Emerald (SS Santa Rosa, 1958-2012).DISCOVERY 2's Mediterranean 2021 program (Adriatic and Greek Islands from Corfu) was canceled, and the ship restarted in April 2022. German authorities have initiated an investigation into an incident involving TUI Cruises' ship Mein Schiff 4, which reportedly entered a restricted. In May 2015, TUI Group announced plans for Mein Schiff 1/now Marella Explorer and Mein Schiff 2/Herz/now Marella Voyager to be transferred to Thomson UK over the next few years. By pre-booking theThomson Cruises all inclusive drinks package, you can also make your holiday stress free with no bar bill as part of aThomson Cruises all inclusiveholiday. The latest cancellations affected Schiff 5's Asian program (Hong Kong) and Schiff 6's Arabian Gulf program (from Dubai).