At a press briefing, Royal Caribbean International president and CEO Michael Bayley said that the homeporting of the 4,905-passenger ship will mark the longest Singapore deployment for a Quantum Class ship.
Royal Caribbean International today announced that Quantum of the Seas, currently Asia’s biggest ship, will be homeporting in Singapore for a six-month season in 2019 and 2020 on the back of growing confidence in Singapore as a cruising gateway in the region.
At a press briefing, Royal Caribbean International president and CEO Michael Bayley said that the homeporting of the 4,905-passenger ship will mark the longest Singapore deployment for a Quantum Class ship.
Quantum of the Seas will be making 34 sailings during the season, adding some 150,000 guests to the Singapore cruise market. This is expected to increase capacity by 30%.
Instead of shorter two- to three-night sailings featuring one port of call, the company is exclusively offering four-, five- and seven-night cruises to offer travellers multiple ports of call.
Itineraries include four-night cruises to Penang or Phuket, five-night cruises to Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Penang and Phuket, a seven-night cruise to Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang), Penang and Phuket (with an overnight) and a seven-night cruise to Bangkok (Laem Chabang) (with an overnight) and Ho Chi Minh City.
With more cruise capacity, the company will focus on attracting repeat cruise passengers.
Sean Treacy, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd’s managing director for Asia Pacific, touted a new wave of “guest experience cruising” where travellers are willing to “invest more time on their next cruise”.
“We’ll also see a more diverse and international mix of repeat cruisers from out of Asia and further afield from the U.S. and the U.K.,” Treacy commented.