Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, is a luxury cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States.
Apollo Global Management, a New York-based private equity firm, purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies.
Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around the world.
[1] Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent.
The new ship was planned to be of similar dimensions and capacity as the Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner, but with larger accommodations and expanded public spaces.