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Scenic Tours Orders Three Ships

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Australian-owned tour operator Scenic Tours has announced the formation of its European operations company Scenic Tours Europe AG that will be based in Zug, Switzerland. It is a venture that will mean that it is the only 100 percent Australian-owned river cruising company in Europe. To kick off the operations, three luxury river cruise ships will be delivered into the hands of the new company in 2008/09. The AUD$78 million order for the ms Scenic Sapphire, Scenic Emerald and Scenic Diamond will be the highest standard river cruise ships ever built in Europe.

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