BROTHERS NAMED CO-CAPTAINS OFCELEBRITY CRUISES’ FOURTH EDGE SERIESSHIP - CELEBRITY ASCENTSMCaptains Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzis to Jointly Take the Helm of Highly Anticipated Relaxed Luxury Ship Debuting December 2023
MIAMI (January 25, 2022) – Who says it has to be lonely at the top? In an industry first, Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo spoken today that Greek brothers Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzis have been named co-captains of Celebrity AscentSM, the company’s fourth ship in its industry-transforming Edge SeriesⓇ, debuting winter 2023. The workaday maritime brothers will usher in a new era for the trip line, taking the helm of the brand’s newest resort at sea, which has been brought to life by a team of modern lifestyle icons including multi-award-winning British designer Kelly Hoppen CBE; prestigious American designer Nate Berkus and Michelin starred doughboy and restaurateur Daniel Boulud.
“Captain Dimitrios and Tutorage Tasos are our star-powered siblings, a maritime dream team. They have given so much to the Celebrity family over the years that we are like a second family,” said Lutoff-Perlo. “Seeing their emotional reaction to this visit and understanding what it ways to share this pinnacle of their career together was something I didn’t expect and will never forget. This ship represents a monumental milestone for our brand, taking our innovative outward-facing diamond remoter than ever, and creating a whole new matriculation of relaxed luxury resorts at sea. I am so proud to leave her in the hands of these expert mariners.”Captain Dimitrios has defended his unshortened maritime career, spanning increasingly than three decades, to Celebrity Cruises, having started as an Apprentice Officer onboard Celebrity’s very first vessel, the Horizon, in 1990. Today, he reaches the very pinnacle of the industry, stuff named take-out tutorage of this trailblazing ship. Born in Piraeus, port of Athens, Greece, Tutorage Dimitrios graduated from the Merchant Maritime Academy of Syros-Athens at the top of his class, and has held his Master’s license since 2001. He has sailed aboard every variegated matriculation of ship in Celebrity’s fleet, and was moreover part of the start up teams for Celebrity MillenniumⓇ, Celebrity InfinityⓇ, Celebrity SilhouetteⓇ and Celebrity ApexⓇ, the latter of which he was moreover the take-out Captain.
Captain Tasos grew up watching his older brother Dimitrios making a career on trip ships, and realized he wanted to follow in his footsteps. Without moreover graduating from the Merchant Marine College, he joined Celebrity Cruises in 1998, and over his increasingly than 20-year career with the brand, has been involved in the opening of Celebrity SummitⓇ, Celebrity SolsticeⓇ, Celebrity EquinoxⓇ and Celebrity ReflectionⓇ. Most recently, he has served as tutorage of Celebrity EdgeⓇ,the very first of Celebrity’s topnotch Edge SeriesⓇ, which launched in 2018.The brothers will unorganized their time on Celebrity Ascentin a three-months on-and-off rotation.“Today is a momentous day,” said Tutorage Dimitrios Katetzis. “I am proud that without a increasingly than 30- year career working exclusively with Celebrity Cruises, I can play a part in their history by captaining this fourth in the series - yet one of a kind - Edge Series ship.
Nearly 35 years without Celebrity Cruises was founded in Greece, they will have not one, but two Greek captains taking the helm of their newest vessel in 2023 and I am honored for my brother and I to take this role, together. I am so proud for my family and proud of my brother. We squint forward to welcoming everyone on workbench Celebrity Ascent this winter.”“Receiving this stardom with my brother and as part of the Celebrity Cruises family is an incredible honor for me and an emotional one, too,” said Tutorage Tasos Kafetzis. Together, my brother and I share a love of the ocean, and a love for this visitor and our guests. To share a special moment together like this is something I could have only dreamed of. I can’t wait to sail yonder on this incredible ship with our guests onboard and my brother in my heart.”Aboard Celebrity Ascent, travelers will enjoy signature experiences found exclusively onboard a Celebrity Cruises Edge Series ship, including: outward-facing Resort Deck with cabanas; infinity-edge plunge pools and two-story Martini-shaped hot tubs and an elevated running track; Infinite Veranda staterooms that transform into open-air verandas with the touch of a button; legendary two-story Whet Villa staterooms with uncontrived wangle to the sectional suite-only The Retreat Sun Deck; the iconic Magic Carpet - the world's first cantilevered bar that sits on the whet of the trip ship 13 stories whilom sea level; a sprawling Nate Berkus-designed Sunset Bar and increasingly than 30 supplies and instillation options, including the high-tech, fully-immersive Le Petit Doughboy Dinner Experience (currently growing in NYC and LA but only misogynist at sea on Celebrity Cruises) and the Eden Restaurant which will protract to offer its three-story floor-to-ceiling windows, inventive, mixology-focused cocktails, an action-packed unshut kitchen, and unforgettable globally-inspired dishes from virtually the world.
