Back to All Cruise Lines Profiles
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the new name of Radisson Seven Seas Cruises. Top of the line cruise line, catering to upscale, active, intellectually curious and culturally inclined passengers, accustomed to luxury and quality and willing to pay for it. Small cruise ships with big-ship facilities, combined with personal service and intimate ambience. The company is offering quiet, destination-oriented deluxe cruises worldwide.
Radison Seven Seas Cruises, based in Ft. Lauderdale, was formed in 1994 as a result of the merger between two one-ship lines - Radisson Cruises and Seven Seas Cruises. The former contributed the Radisson Diamond (no longer with the company), the industry's only twin-hulled cruise ship, and the latter operated Song of Flower (which was sold to La Compagnie du Ponant and renamed Le Diamant). RSSC was part of Minneapolis-based Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, one of the travel industry's largest hospitality companies. Since the late 1990's, the line has grown steadily, adding the MS Paul Gauguin in 1997, the Seven Seas Navigator in 1999 and the Seven Seas Mariner (the world's first all-suite, all-balcony ship) in 2001. The 700-guest Seven Seas Voyager, the line's second all-suite, all-balcony cruise ship, entered service in April 2003. In 2008 Regent Seven Seas Cruises was purchased by Apollo Management investment group, which also owns Oceania Cruises and 50 % of Norwegian Cruise Line. In September, 2014 Norwegian Cruise Line purchased Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for $3.025 billion.
It is one of the best cruise lines to work for, but potential crew and staff members must possess the appropriate appearance and qualifications in order to meet some of the highest standards of operations in the cruise industry.