TUI Blue Signs Eight-Hotel Slate Through 2029 as Repairs Force a November Sailing Cancellation
Published on 11/11/2026 at 17:41 | Editorial boerse-global.de
TUI is pushing ahead on two fronts at once: expanding its TUI Blue hotel brand into four countries while managing an operational hiccup at sea, where a collision-related repair job has cost the group a November voyage.
On the hotel side, TUI Blue has inked contracts for eight new properties across Egypt, Bulgaria, Croatia and Portugal, with the rollout staggered through the summer of 2029. The agreements give the brand a firmer footprint across several holiday markets — value that hinges on the houses opening as scheduled.
Egypt carries the bulk of the plan. Five of the eight hotels fall under a partnership with JAZ, with Vistamar and Makadi Oasis in Hurghada slated to open in summer 2027, followed by Palace Sharm and a new-build in Hurghada in summer 2028. A further new-build in Marsa Alam is set to close out the Egyptian program in summer 2029, spreading the buildout across several seasons.
In Europe, the emphasis is on a mix of renovation and expansion. The Arabella in Varna is due to reopen in summer 2027 with 294 rooms after refurbishment, while the Diane on Croatia's Bra? island is scheduled to launch the same season. The Diane will open in stages — 120 rooms at first, growing to 155 from 2028 — a phased capacity build-up that matters for how quickly the added inventory reaches the market. Madeira rounds out the European slate, with the Calheta Beach set to open in summer 2027 with 153 rooms, adding an Atlantic island option to the Black Sea and Adriatic sites.
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The economic case rests on execution: the contracts lay concrete groundwork for a broader hotel offering, provided the projects translate into available, in-demand holiday product on time. The next checkable milestones are the announced openings and the subsequent expansion on Bra?.
A Cancelled Norway Sailing and a New 5.15% Shareholder
Meanwhile, TUI Cruises has had to scrub a voyage already on the books. Roughly a week ago, the subsidiary cancelled the Mein Schiff 3's Norway trip, which had been scheduled for November 14 to 28, after repairs following a collision ran longer than expected. Media reports indicated the vessel was due back in regular service on November 28, a date the most recent report still cited as the intended return.
Elsewhere in the cruise division, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises yesterday announced two choreographers and an all-female dance ensemble for EUROPA NEW GEN 2027, a program planned aboard the EUROPA. TUI Cruises also published summer itineraries for the Mein Schiff fleet, including voyages to Iceland and Spitzbergen. For summer 2028, the line plans to call at Lerwick for the first time with the Mein-Schiff fleet, with Ravenna also returning to the schedule — a combination of one new port and one comeback destination. The Mein Schiff 7 is to run two Iceland and Spitzbergen trips, each lasting 18 days.
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On the shareholder register, Pale Fire Capital SICAV a.s. crossed the 5% voting-rights threshold in TUI on October 27, holding an attributed 5.15%, according to a voting-rights notification. The filing put the attributed voting rights at roughly 26.2 million.
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