Star Cruises to Sail Mediterranean from Malta

Star Cruises, the leading cruiseline in the Asia-Pacific region will have a ship based in the Eastern Mediterranean for the first time during the summer 2006 season. Currently sailing from the homeport of Mumbai, India, the 1,480-passenger capacity SuperStar Libra will reposition to the homeport of Valletta, Malta in June 2006.

Star Cruises will be selling the SuperStar Libra Eastern Mediterranean cruises in its core markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East in addition to the European market. This is part of Star Cruises’ ongoing strategy to contribute to the growth of the international cruise market by increasing the awareness of cruising in the Mediterranean to a wider base.

SuperStar Libra is the first ship in the Star Cruises Asian fleet to operate in Europe. Most cruises will depart from the homeport of Malta. The Eastern Mediterranean cruises will visit Rome (Civitavecchia), La Spezia (for Florence and Pisa), Olbia, Naples, Venice and Messina (Sicily) in Italy; Athens (Piraeus), Santorini, Corfu and Crete in Greece; Valetta in Malta; Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey; Dubrovnik in Croatia; and Alexandria in Egypt.