Two main cruise manufacturers owned by Royal Caribbean Group introduced new multi-year agreements with OneSpaWorld Holdings, the cruise trade’s main well being and wellness providers agency.
Each Royal Caribbean and Superstar Cruises already had earlier contracts in place with the corporate, which supplies a variety of spa and health providers.
Multi-Yr Pact Options Well being, Magnificence, Health Companies
Royal Caribbean’s fleet of 24 ships and sister model Superstar Cruises’ 15 ships will proceed to supply spa and health providers offered by the seller OneSpaWorld Holdings, a Nassau, Bahamas-based firm that operates well being, wellness, health, and sweetness providers onboard practically 200 cruise ships worldwide.
The 2 traces disclosed the brand new agreements on March 12, 2024, saying the contracts started on January 1, 2024. Neither cruise line revealed the size of the brand new settlement, however Royal Caribbean has been contracting with OneSpaWorld for greater than 30 years. Superstar Cruises additionally has a long-standing relationship with the seller.
“I’m delighted to enter into a brand new multi-year settlement with Royal Caribbean Worldwide, increasing upon our greater than 30-year relationship. Along with elevated providers and experiences on the present fleet, this settlement grants us the unique proper to function on new vessels that come into service through the time period, furthering our progress potential,” stated Leonard Fluxman, Govt Chairman, CEO, and President of OneSpaWorld.
Fluxman added that he seems to be ahead to persevering with his firm’s partnership with Superstar Cruises, too, and stated the brand new settlement “cements our place because the pre-eminent trade chief within the operation of well being and wellness facilities at sea.”
The spa operator’s providers and merchandise are discovered on 193 cruise ships and at spas in 50-plus locations. Offering behind-the-scenes operations and employees, its identify shouldn’t be broadly identified to friends, since every cruise line independently manufacturers its spas and wellness facilities.
On Royal Caribbean ships, the wellness house is called Vitality Spa, and on Superstar Cruises’ ships it’s merely The Spa. Many different cruise traces have agreements with OneSpaWorld, equivalent to Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the place the spa is known as Serene Spa and Wellness, Windstar Cruises, the place the spa is called Windspa, and Silversea Cruises — additionally a Royal Caribbean Group model, the place the spa is known as Zagora Magnificence Spa.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings additionally contracts with OneSpaWorld, and in 2022 signed its most up-to-date settlement, a seven-year pact that covers the entire ships within the firm’s three manufacturers — Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
New-Builds Are Included in New Spa Contracts
Whereas neither Royal Caribbean nor Superstar Cruises revealed the size of their new contracts with OneSpaWorld, they did verify that the settlement applies to current ships and to any new-builds that enter service through the time period of the contract.
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In Royal Caribbean’s case, it signifies that OneSpaWorld is dealing with spa operations aboard the road’s latest ship, Icon of the Seas —the world’s largest ship with a visitor capability of seven,600. The primary of the road’s Icon class, the ship started crusing in January 2024 following her star-studded christening at PortMiami.
OneSpaWorld can even deal with spa operations aboard the road’s Utopia of the Seas, an Oasis-class ship as a consequence of debut in July 2024, and aboard Star of the Seas, the road’s second Icon-class ship slated to launch in August 2025.
Star of the Seas, beneath development on the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, made headlines in February 2024, when the road introduced the cancellation of her first two scheduled voyages, as a consequence of delays on the shipyard.
The cruise line has nixed the maiden voyage, a 7-night Japanese Caribbean & Excellent Day itinerary scheduled to depart Port Canaveral on August 17, 2025, in addition to her second crusing, additionally to the Japanese Caribbean.
