Mein Schiff 2 of TUI Cruises, the Hamburg based premium market cruise shipping company, will stage the first Rainbow Cruise catering for the LGBT-Community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) in the spring of 2017, the company said in a statement.

The cruise will operate from Palma de Mallorca and depart on 29 April and return there on 07 May, with calls at Salerno, Valletta and Barcelna, where the ship will stay over night.

Wybecke Meier, CEO of the company, said in the statement that the company wants to develop new concepts and to capitalise on the popularity of the company among the gay and lesbian passengers that already cruise with TUI Cruises.