ANEX Tour, one of Turkey’s largest tour operators, is diving into the cruise sector with the purchase of the oldest cruiseship in the fleet of UK-based Saga Cruises.

Both companies revealed yesterday that a deal has been struck to sell the 37,000-gt cruiseship Saga Sapphire (built 1981) to ANEX, who will take delivery of the ship in mid 2020. No pricing details were disclosed.