AIDA

AIDA Cruises is an American/British-owned German cruise line based in Rostock, Germany. The company was founded as Deutsche Seereederei (German Shipping Company) with a ship called Völkerfreundschaft (“Peoples’ Friendship”), and entered the cruise industry in the 1960s. After the reunification of Germany in the early 1990’s Deutsche Seereederei was privatised and became DSR. DSR acquired Seetours of Bremen and cruises were marketed under the name Seetours. The company was acquired by P&O Princess Cruises in 2000 and in 2003, P&O Princess merged with Carnival Corporation, to form Carnival Corporation & plc, the worlds largest cruise holiday company. Seetours was rebranded as AIDA Cruises in 2004.

Following the merger, executive control of AIDA Cruises transferred to Costa Crociere, one of the main operating companies of the Carnival Group, with responsibility for the group’s European brands. AIDA ships have on-board amenities and facilities designed to attract younger, more active vacationers from all nationalities but focusing more on the German market.

Crew members from AIDA are often stating that the ship’s cabins are way larger than the average crew accommodation on other brands and the internet has download speeds of over 10mbps on all ships.