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Kai Tak Cruise Terminal celebrates a year of milestones in 2015

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View from Kai Tak Cruise Terminal’s rooftop park
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, operated by Worldwide CruiseTerminals, achieved significant milestones in 2015 including a successful first major homeporting season, handling more pasengers (228,809) than all the Hong Kong facilities in 2013 and being certified for ISO 9001 Quality Management.

The facility, which entered service in mid-2013, also set a local record with the highest single day throughput of 11,099 passengers on December 21, 2015.

Approximately 80% of ship calls at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal last year were turnaround calls, including Hong Kong's largest homeporting ship to date: Voyager of the Seas. The 138,000gt ship was based at Kai Tak from July to October embarking on 22 cruises and carrying nearly 70,000 guests, on itineraries featuring a totalof 12 ports of call including in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.