ResidenSea will launch The World one month later than scheduled – on Feb. 19, 2002 – attributable to supplier-related delays at Norwegian yard Fosen, in keeping with ResidenSea President Fredy Dellis. Whereas nonetheless underneath agency contract, ResidenSea’ s second ship initially scheduled for supply in late 2003 – has been delayed for a yet-undetermined time frame, he added.
At press time, 80 of The World’s 110 luxurious residences have been underneath agency contract, with eight extra residences reserved. “Ideally we’d have favored to have offered every little thing earlier than the ship was delivered,” famous Dellis, but when not, the corporate has entry to a credit score facility to purchase the remaining residences by subsidiary ResidenSea Enterprises, which might then promote residences whereas the ship was in operation, at 5 to 10 p.c premiums on the present costs.
Following the top of its partnership with Silversea Cruises on Aug. 3, ResidenSea has constructed up an in-house employees to deal with lodge operations aboard the ship, and has employed roughly 55 folks for shoreside workplaces in Miami and Oslo to deal with gross sales, advertising, reservations and administration. Norwegian ship administration agency Bergshav has been contracted to handle marine operations, whereas Switzerland-based Clinique La Prairie has been appointed to supervise the shipboard spa.
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