Royal Caribbean looking to include Odessa in its routes in 2014
In:Royal Caribbean held talks with the Odessa City Council to bring a cruise ship there in April 2014. A meeting between Royal Caribbean's vice president Craig Milan met with the vice-mayor of Odessa, Elena Pavlova on August 21st to look at the tourist infrastructure of the city.
Milan commented on the city's possibility, "Several cruise ships call at your port. Unfortunately they are isolated cases. But feedback from our customers, who have been in Odessa, has been very positive."
Milan says regular cruises with a mandatory sunset and base parking are planned in Odessa in April 2014.
In turn, Pavlov noted that the city is interested in such a partnership, "If everything goes as planned, our city is waiting for the next tourist boom. Royal Caribbeancan bring from 2 to 4 thousand passengers on average."
Royal Caribbean is interested in investing in the development of the Yalta and Sevastopol seaports as well.