Cruise Brands Without Offers
This overview brings together profiles of current cruise brands and historic companies. AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises are active cruise brands with their own company profiles. The profiles of Croisières de France and Ibero Cruceros, by contrast, provide context on former brands.
For Star Cruises, the timeline is especially useful: the profile distinguishes the former Star Cruises brand from StarCruises, which relaunched in 2025. The company profiles of AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises and Star Cruises each provide background on the brand.
A brand profile tells the story of a company and its brand; an actual trip is tied to a specific ship, route and date. This overview helps distinguish the names and their respective roles in the cruise market.
AIDA CruisesRostock (DE)
From club holidays at sea in the 1990s to the wide range of leisure areas on today’s ships, AIDA tailors its offering to families, couples and solo travelers.
CDF Croisieres de FrancePARIS (FR)
Croisières de France was a cruise brand founded by Royal Caribbean and aimed at the French market. It ceased operations in 2017.
Costa KreuzfahrtenHamburg (DE)
Costa Cruises combines sea voyages with experiences on land; the brand’s passenger history dates back to 1948.
Ibero Cruceros(DE)
Ibero Cruceros was a cruise brand targeting Spain, announced in 2007 as a joint venture between Carnival Corporation and Orizonia.
Pullmantur Cruises(ES)
Pullmantur was a Spanish cruise line operating as a joint venture between Cruises Investment Holding and Royal Caribbean. Court-ordered liquidation proceedings began in 2021.
Star CruisesSingapore 238459 (SI)
Genting Hong Kong ceased its cruise operations in 2022. In 2025, StarCruises relaunched as the successor brand to Star Cruises with the Star Voyager.
