Tourism Fiji has its eye on developing the niche ultra-luxury cruise market while broadening the scope for existing medium- and large-ship operations.

Scenic has confirmed plans to deploy the second of its Discovery Yachts, Scenic Eclipse II, to Australia and the South Pacific in 2024.

Scenic has opened bookings for select sailings on its next ‘Discovery Yacht’, Scenic Eclipse II.With Scenic Eclipse currently on route to make its highly anticipated return to the Antarctic Peninsula in early January, Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours has now announced the early release of its 2023/24 Expedition Voyages.

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours Founder Glen Moroney has confirmed his travel company will be launching a “new series” of oceangoing vessels.

Guests aboard Scenic Eclipse II will be offered a new submersible experience when the ultra-luxury yacht enters service in Q1 2023. Scenic has become the launch cruise line to acquire a new submarine concept that will transport up to eight passengers to depths of 200 metres.

Scenic Group has reached an early milestone in the construction of its second Discovery Yacht in Rijeka, Croatia. The official keel-laying ceremony was held for Scenic Eclipse II on Wednesday at the Maj 3 shipyard.

The Scenic Group’s newly formed shipbuilding company, MKM Yachts, was granted a sub concession of the 3. Maj Shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia, at an official signing ceremony on 2 July 2020. The arrangement provides Scenic with more than 21,400 square metres of the shipyard’s dock for the development and production of its ultra-luxury polar yacht fleet over the next 10 years.

Work has officially commenced on Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours’ second polar cruise ship in Croatia. The first sheets of steel for the hull of Scenic Eclipse II were cut last Friday [24 April 2020] at the 3. Maj dockyard in Rijeka following a low-key ceremony.

Australian-owned luxury travel company Scenic has contracted a Croatian shipyard to deliver its second polar-class “Discovery Yacht”, Scenic Eclipse II. And as LATTE reported five months ago, a second ship is just the start of an expanded fleet.

Scenic Eclipse was scheduled to commence operation on 31 August 2018, but management have confirmed a new launch date of “late January 2019”.