Celebrity Cruises, the premium market unit in the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) group, could base a ship of its new Edge class in Southampton in the UK in the future, the line’s CEO was reported as saying

“We will see about an Edge [ship] in Southampton. It is a combination of how strong the UK market is – would we get the per diems that we need for the ship and how that itinerary is performing with other guests from around the world. We source from everywhere,” Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, CEO of Celebrity Cruises, was quote by Travel Weekly as saying..

“Could we have a longer season? Sure. Could we have a full season? Maybe. It really depends on how we build the brand, the business, the average per diems, the luxury travel market between now and when we consider [deployment] again,” the report cited her.

Celebrity Apex, the second unit of the new class of ships, will be named in Southampton in March. The company operates Celebrity Sihouette, a Solstice class ship, from the UK port from spring to late autumn.