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Kai Tak welcomes two millionth cruise passenger

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(3rd left) Lydia F. Candra, acting hotel director of World Dream; (4th left) Captain Jan Blomqvist of World Dream; (1st right) Jeff Bent, managing director of Worldwide Cruise Terminals celebrated the arrival of Ms. Mu (2nd right) and family on September 23
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, operated by Worldwide Cruise Terminals (WCT), celebrated the arrival of its two millionth cruise ship passenger, Ms Mu from Taiwan, during World Dream’s turnaround call.

The event occurred on the eve of Hong Kong’s mid-autumn festival.

Ms. Mu arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday morning upon completion of her fly-cruise holiday on World Dream, along with her daughter and grandson.

Jeff Bent, managing director of WCT said, ‘We are delighted to celebrate this milestone. It was only 15 months ago that we welcomed our one millionth cruise passenger; the arrival of our two millionth cruise passenger today is further validation of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal’s success since its inception in 2013.’

Hong Kong is ranked 4th with the number of cruise calls in Asia this year.

In 2017 the passenger throughput of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal doubled to 780,000.

It is projected that the number of calls and cruise passenger throughput in Hong Kong will range from 181 to 258 and from 564,102 to 1,041,031 respectively by 2023.