{"id":118797,"date":"2020-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/businessman-richard-branson-enters-the-luxury-cruise-market\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:41:56","slug":"businessman-richard-branson-enters-the-luxury-cruise-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/businessman-richard-branson-enters-the-luxury-cruise-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Businessman Richard Branson enters the luxury cruise market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On February 21, 2020, British businessman Richard Branson launched his own luxury cruise company, Virgin Voyages, at a time when this sector is affected by the coronavirus epidemic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cScarlet Lady\u201d, a 60,000-ton cruise ship built in Genoa by the Italian firm Fincantieri, was specifically designed to offer the comfort of yachts. It will have 1,330 cabins and 78 suites, with numerous restaurants and bars, a spa, and even a tattoo parlor, set to host 2,770 passengers and 1,150 crew members.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among the destinations offered to those traveling with &#8220;Scarlet Lady&#8221; are: Costa Maya, Mexico; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; or Key West, Bahamas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The inaugural voyage will take place in early April, departing from Miami.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The second cruise ship in the \u201cLady ships\u201d series will be named \u201cValiant Lady\u201d and will sail starting May 2021. Other two similar ships are to be delivered in 2022 and 2023.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the name of Richard Branson&#8217;s cruise line?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cruise line is called Virgin Voyages, launched by businessman Richard Branson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What features does the Scarlet Lady ship offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ship includes 1,330 cabins, 78 suites, various restaurants, a spa, and a tattoo parlor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did Virgin Voyages launch its first ship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first ship, Scarlet Lady, was launched in February 2020, with its inaugural voyage in April 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 21, 2020, British businessman Richard Branson launched his own luxury cruise company, Virgin Voyages, at a time when this sector is affected by the coronavirus epidemic. \u201cScarlet Lady\u201d, a 60,000-ton cruise ship built in Genoa by the Italian firm Fincantieri, was specifically designed to offer the comfort of yachts. It will have 1,330&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118797"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}