Scenic adding new Emerald Cruises yacht
Scenic Group is making a sizeable multimillion-dollar investment in a fleet upgrade.
Parent Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours is also adding a new ocean yacht to the Emerald Cruises fleet.
The Emerald Kaia is set to launch in April 2026 and is now open for bookings for its inaugural season.
Additionally, Scenic will upgrade its European river ships and yachts.
Emerald Kaia will have capacity for128 guests.
It will have an expanded Sky Deck, dining venues, redesigned fitness facilities and an expanded spa.
The ship’s accommodations will be more spacious than on existing yachts, Emerald Sakara and Emerald Azzurra.
The vessel will sail Mediterranean cruises and then sail around the Seychelles.
“With significant design and amenity enhancements, Emerald Kaia marks a pivotal expansion for our fleet,” said Glen Moroney, chairman and founder of Scenic Group.
Scenic Group will also refurbish its Scenic and Emerald Cruises river ship fleets.
They will get new furniture and new layouts.
“The design update of our river fleet integrates the features of our ultra-luxury and luxury ocean yachts into our river cruise ships,” said Karen Moroney, Scenic Group’s director of project design
The two discovery yachts, Scenic Eclipse and Scenic Eclipse II will also be updated.
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