On September 2 was announced the acquisition agreement. Prestige's owner (Apollo Global Management) also owns 20% of NCLH. On August 31, 2014, was announced that NCLH is in 'advanced talks' to buy the Miami-based Prestige Cruise Holdings Inc (owner of RSSC-Regent and Oceania /combined fleet of 8 top-luxury ships with total berths ~6500) for USD 3,025 billion (including debt's assumption).In 2013, the company had revenues USD 2,57 billion (13% increase over 2012). As of 2018, NCL's global market share is around 20%, ranking it world's 3rd largest passenger shipping company (after Carnival and RCCL-RCG). In 2011, NCL had around 8% global market share.NCLH's ownership is equally shared by Star Cruises (subsidiary of Genting Hong Kong / GHK multinational corporation specializing in resorts, leisure, and gambling) and Apollo Global Management (among the world's largest alternative asset management companies). Stats for 2020-Q4 show NCLH as the world's 4th-largest cruise shipowner by combined fleet's passenger capacity (8,3%), preceded by Carnival (39%), Royal Caribbean (24%) and MSC (11,5%). NCLH (shipowner) owns and manages the fleets of three subsidiary companies/sister-brands - NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania and RSSC-Regent Seven Seas. In 2017, NCLH had worldwide cruise market share 9,5% (passengers) and 12,8% (revenue). In 2014, NCLH's major shareholders were three corporations - Genting Group (Malaysian/25%), Apollo Global Management (American/24%), TPG Capital (American/7%), while the remaining stocks were publicly owned.

The 1966-founded NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd is an American-Bermudian corporation headquartered in Miami (Florida USA) and stock traded company (NASDAQ) listed on NYSE ( NYC). NCLH's SVP, Port Development & Construction Management team is led by Juan Kuryla, who in 2014-2021 served as PortMiami's Director and CEO. NCLH corporation's current President and CEO (through 2023) is Frank Del Rio. When Ted Arison left NCL in 1972 (to establish CCL-Carnival Cruise Lines), Knut Kloster acquired more ships for NCL's Caribbean operations. Passenger shipping operations started with one vessel ( cruiseferry/combined cruise ship and car ferry) operating on short and cheap Caribbean roundtrips from the USA. NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line (ncl.com) was founded in 1966 (under the name 'Norwegian Caribbean Line') by two shipping magnates - Knut Kloster (Norwegian, 1929-2020) and Ted Arison (Israeli, 1924-1999).

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