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Chinese firm splashes $1m to book 11 river cruise ships for 3,000 staffChinese firm splashes $1m to book 11 river cruise ships for 3,000 staff

A Chinese company has fully booked 11 river cruise ships to house its 3,000 strong staff, splashing out RMB7m ($1.1m) on a cruise itinerary to China’s Three Gorges Dam.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

July 23, 2015

1 Min Read
Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

The ships will be supplied by Yangtze Gold Cruises, Century Cruises and Changjiang Cruise Overseas Travel Co.

The first two cruise ships started their voyage on Wednesday night from Hubei province’s Yichang, heading toward Chongqing, carrying with them around 500 passengers.

The unnamed Chinese company is understood to be an insurance group, and the cruise tour is meant to be a company retreat and staff welfare, local reports said.

Changjiang Cruise said that the price for each passenger on its cruise ship will be around RMB2,600, while prices for the cruise ships of other companies would differ.

An industry observer was reported saying that this could be the biggest cruise tour group in history sailing down the Three Gorges Dam. The previous record was held by an entourage of just below 1,000 people.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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