All Leisure Goes Out of Business, Takes Two Cruise Brands with It

British operator All Leisure Holidays has gone out of business after selling some of their brands in recent days. But the closure has also caused two specialty cruise lines owned by the company to cease operating. Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery were marketed to a limited extend in North America.

The company's one-ship luxury line, Hebridean Island Cruises, was sold ahead of the bankruptcy filing and is not believed to be affected.

The complete story appeared in the January 4 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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Swan Hellenic on the Web

The revived Swan Hellenic line has created a website for North American customers. The website located at www.swanhellenic.us, and contains pricing and promotions specific to North American-sourced customers.

The reborn Swan Hellenic operates the 394-passenger vessel Minerva and the 199-passenger riverboat A-Rosa Riva on destination-oriented cruises.

UK-based Swan Hellenic was relaunched in May 2008 and is not part of Carnival Corp. The new parent company, All Leisure Group, also operates Voyages of Discovery cruise line.