By Donna TunneyUnderscoring its growing commitment to the China market, Royal Caribbean International will deploy a second Voyager-class vessel to the destination in June 2013.
The line will send its 3,114-passenger Mariner of the Seas to replace the 1,800-passenger Legend of the Seas, officials said at a media briefing in Beijing May 24.
The Legend of the Seas, which has operated from Singapore and Shanghai for the past three years, will reposition to Europe.
The larger ship will join the 3,114-passenger Voyager of the Seas, which launched service for the first time in China last week.
Royal Caribbean said the move is designed to attract the fast-growing Chinese cruise vacation population as well as non-Chinese passengers who wish to visit the country and sail in Asia.
"We've made it clear we see Asia in general, and China in particular, as a strategic objective," said Richard Fain, chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., parent of the line. "We have been so pleased by the market's response to bringing Voyager of the Seas to Asia that it made strategic sense to send a second ship of equal size."
Line President and CEO Adam Goldstein said, "Mariner of the Seas recently received a host of Royal Advantage enhancements, and I'm confident
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