Ambassador Cruise Line is delighted to announce it has joined ABTA, the UK’s leading travel trade association and widely acknowledged as the mark of trust and reassurance associated with travel brands.
Ambassador is also providing an update on its financial protection arrangements. In compliance with the Package Travel and Linked Arrangements Regulations 2018, Ambassador Cruise Line’s guests are financially protected by a Financial Failure Insurance policy which is managed by TMU Management Limited and underwritten by Accelerant Insurance Europe SA. Ambassador Cruise Line has put financial protection at the heart of its offering since its inception and will continue to pay consumer deposits and balance payments into an independently managed trust account.
Ambassador Cruise Line Chief Executive Officer, Christian Verhounig, stated: “At the heart of the Ambassador Cruise Line proposition is one objective, to prioritise the guest. This extends far beyond the booking and onboard experience. We are delighted to announce that Ambassador is now an ABTA member. Our comprehensive insurance scheme also means guests are reassuringly financially protected and can book with confidence and peace of mind.”
As the travel industry faces a new, more cautious traveller landscape, Ambassador not only adheres to The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 but seeks to further reassure potential guests with its innovative financial protection model, using intuitive technology to provide real-time data to insurers, currently unique to the line in the UK cruise sector.
All guests will be automatically transferred to the new scheme with effect from Thursday 29th September 2022.
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Notes for Editors:
- Ambassador Cruise Line’s first ship is Ambience
- Ambience’s maiden voyage set sail on a short break cruise to Hamburg on Wednesday 6 April 2022
- Ambassador’s inaugural season is now on sale
- About Ambience:
- 1,400 guest capacity
- 798 cabins: (23% balcony) ranging from 18-52sq metres
- Guest to space ratio: 50.2 per guest (gross tonnage divided by number of guests, a metric for space on Ambience per each guest)
- Crew to guest ratio: 2.15 (one crew member for every 2.15 guests)
- Classification Society: Lloyds Register of London
- Ambassador’s second ship, Ambition, will enter service in May 2023
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About Ambassador Cruise Line:
Ambassador Cruise Line is a brand-new premium-value cruise line. It is the first new British cruise line to be launched since 2010, offering no-fly cruises to the UK market.
Ambassador’s extremely experienced management team is led by Chief Executive Officer, Christian Verhounig supported by Chief Financial Officer, Matthias Seeger, Chief Commercial Officer, Philip Gardner, Chief Operating Officer, Nick Hughes, Chief Administrative Officer, Simon Weeks, Chief Technology Officer, Glynn Perkin, and Chief Marketing Officer, Gordon Nardini. The Chair of the Board of Directors is Gordon Wilson who has over 30 years of experience in the global travel industry. This includes his role as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelport until July 2019. He is also Chair of the Board of Nucleus Financial Services, Chair of Virgin Experience Days and is a member of the Supervisory Board of BCD Holdings which owns global corporate travel management company, BCD Travel and US airports car park operator, Park’N Fly. He was previously Chair of Interactive Investor, the second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform in the UK until its sale to Aberdeen Investments in May 2022 and a Non-Executive Director of William Hill PLC until its sale to Caesar’s Entertainment in April 2021. Njord Partners LLP, London is Ambassador’s main shareholder.
Consumer funds are protected by means of a financial failure insurance policy managed by TMU Management Limited and underwritten by Accelerant Insurance Europe SA, who are regulated by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA 3193). The scheme is fully compliant with the Package Travel and Linked Arrangements Regulations 2018.
Ambience is the first ship to enter the Ambassador fleet, carrying up to 1,400 guests with 789 cabins, 11 guest decks, 70,285grt and a length of 245m. She has a crew of 608 from 27 nationalities and has been upgraded to operate at IMO Tier III from her inaugural voyage, placing her amongst the top 10%-15% of cruise ships to achieve this level of environmental operation. She operates a programme of departures to multiple destinations including the Grand Round the World Cruise, Nordics, Greenland, Iceland, Canada, and the Mediterranean from her home port of London Tilbury.
Ambassador’s second ship, Ambition, will enter service in May 2023, carrying 1,200 guests in 714 cabins, 10 guest decks. She will operate itineraries from London Tilbury but will also offer cruises from six UK regional departure ports including Newcastle, Dundee, Liverpool, Belfast, Bristol and Falmouth.
Ambassador is based in Purfleet, Essex.
For more information: www.ambassadorcruiseline.com
