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EasyCruise is sold
Greek ferry company, Hellenic Seaways, has acquired easyCruise from easyGroup.
It has bought the easyCruise brand and the line’s 574-passenger ship, the easyCruise Life, which has been operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The move comes after easyCruise founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou invested, via easyGroup, in Sea Star Capital, one of the main share holders of Hellenic Seaways.
“Stelios has always used different shareholding structures to finance the development of the easy brand so for our partners and customers it is business as usual at easyCruise,” said a spokesman for the cruise line.
Hellenic Seaways currently operates a fleet of 32 fast ferries in Greece.
It is believed it has plans to move into the cruise market.
Hellenic is owned by ANEK Lines, a major Greek ferry company.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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