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Pullmantur says au revoir to CDF Croisières de FrancePullmantur says au revoir to CDF Croisières de France

Having decided to concentrate on the Spanish and Latin American markets, which are considered more profitable, Pullmantur plans to close the CDF Croisières de France office in Paris by the end of February.

Michèle Valandina, French correspondent

December 8, 2016

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Some of the 33 employees might be kept on in 2017, in order to maintain Pullmantur group activities.

Going forward, French passengers will sail on the four ships of the Pullmantur fleet in a 'Latin atmosphere with Spanish tones,' so giving up totally the French concept which had made CDF successful and, with 100,000 passengers per year, ranked it behind Costa and MSC Cruises on the French market.

The decision follows Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s sale of a 51% stake in Pullmantur and CDF to Madrid-based private equity firm Springwater Capital earlier this year.

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Michèle Valandina

French correspondent

A graduate from Lyon University, where she specialised in foreign languages and American literature, Michèle worked as an interpreter/translator (English, German and Italian) for major international events before entering the diplomatic world for a few years. As a Paris-based freelance travel and lifestyle writer, she has been a contributor to a host of publications and has long specialised in two sectors: cruising and wellness. Her features have appeared in, among others, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Le Figaro Magazine, Les Echos Week-end and periodicals dedicated to the MICE sector. She has also featured on radio and TV travel programmes and, since 1992, has been the author of the only French cruise guide, Croisières Passion.

 

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