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As of 2006, the line operates thirteen ships, ranging from the smaller and older S-Class vessels; the mid-range R-Class; the line's newest and largest vessels, the Vista-Class; and the small 800-passenger Prinsendam (originally the Royal Viking Sun, then Seabourn Sun until HAL's purchase of the vessel in 2002). The line has also announced that work has begun on its new line of vessels, the Signature-Class, with one firm order for a ship named the Eurodam to be delivered in mid-2008, and an option for an additional as of yet un-named vessel to be delivered in 2010. Like most of HAL's recent ships, the new Signature-Class will be built at the Fincantieri shipyards outside Venice. All HAL ships have a dark blue hull with white superstructure, with the line's logo featured prominently on the mostly-cosmetic smokestacks.
In addition to its fleet of cruise ships, Holland America also owns the Westmark hotel chain which operates in Alaska and the Yukon, the bus companies Gray Line of Seattle and Gray Line of Alaska, and Worldwide Shore Services, which provides warehouse and logistical support for the company. It also owns and operates the high-end Windstar Cruises, with which HAL shares its headquarters in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne district. Finally, HAL owns "Half Moon Cay" (its own private island in the Caribbean, officially known as Little San Salvador Island); nearly all of the line's cruises through the region spend at least a day there.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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