SILVERSEA Cruises has taken delivery of its newest vessel from the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, with the formal handover of Silver Dawn (pictured) taking place on Fri. The tenth ship in the Silversea fleet, Dawn has capacity for 596 passengers and is a sister to Silver Moon and Silver...
SILVERSEA Cruises has taken delivery of its newest vessel from the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, with the formal handover of Silver Dawn (pictured) taking place on Fri.
The tenth ship in the Silversea fleet, Dawn has capacity for 596 passengers and is a sister to Silver Moon and Silver Muse.
Roberto Martinoli, Silversea President and CEO, signed for the ship as it was handed over by Luigi Matarazzo, GM of Fincantieri’s Merchant Ships Division, saying it was a “huge milestone on our mission to take our guests deep into the world in luxury”.
The event also included video speeches from outgoing Royal Caribbean Group CEO Richard Fain and his successor, Jason Liberty, with Martinoli recognising the great contribution of Silversea’s parent company.
He said building on the innovations of Moon and Muse, the new ship represented an evolution of luxury cruise travel.
“With Silver Dawn we affirm our position as the leader in ultra-luxury cruising,” he said.
Building on the success of the S.A.L.T. culinary program which launched aboard Silver Moon, the debut of Silver Dawn also sees the further introduction of the new Otium wellness program (CW 03 Aug) which “encourages balanced indulgence, pampering, and pleasure over sacrifice and delayed gratification”.
A video of the formal “change of flag” ceremony is live at cruiseweekly.com.au/videos.
