Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, is a luxury cruise line headquartered in

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, United States. Since September 2014, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has been a wholly owned subsidiary of

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is a holding company that is based in the United States and domiciled in Bermuda . It operates three cruise lines as wholly owned subsidiaries: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas C ...

, which also owns

Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is an American cruise line founded in Norway in 1966, headquartered in Miami, Florida, and incorporated in the Bahamas. It is the List of cruise lines, fourth-largest cruise line in the world by passengers, controlling ...

and

Oceania Cruises Oceania Cruises is a cruise line based in Miami, Florida, that operates seven cruise ships on worldwide itineraries. It typically offers cruises that last between 10 and 14 days, but it is also known for its long cruises lasting up to 195 day ...

Ownership

Apollo Global Management Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets. , the company had $548 billion of assets under management, including $392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capita ...

, a New York-based

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, purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies. for $1 billion in February 2008. Apollo also owned

and 15.8% of

. Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around the world. Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent. The new ship was planned to be of similar dimensions and capacity as the '' Seven Seas Voyager'' and '' Seven Seas Mariner'', but with larger accommodations and expanded public spaces. This was to be the '' Seven Seas Explorer''. On September 2, 2014

purchased Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of

and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for $3.025 billion.

Fleet

Current fleet

Future fleet

Former fleet

References

External links

Official website
{{Subsidiaries of Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line Cruise lines Transport companies established in 1992 2014 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Private equity portfolio companies Apollo Global Management companies Former Carlson (company) subsidiaries