Most recently, she was sold to ANEX Tour in June 2020 and renamed Blue Sapphire, scheduled for an official debut in 2021.

[6] Since its formation in 1970, Hapag-Lloyd operated the former North German Lloyd liner Europa (originally Swedish American Line's Kungsholm) as the flagship of their cruise services.

[citation needed] The order for the new Europa was placed with the Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Bremen, the home city of North German Lloyd.

[11] On 30 April 1992, Europa collided with the Greece-registered container ship Inchon Glory outside Hong Kong.

On the same date, she was renamed SuperStar Europe, and five days later, left Hamburg for Singapore, where she arrived on 31 July 1999.

After receiving a $15 million renovation at Sembawang shipyard, in which balconies were added to the suites under the bridge wings,[1][2] SuperStar Europe officially began operating for Star Cruises in October 1999, homeporting in Laem Chabang.

[1] In March 2001, Star Cruises announced that SuperStar Aries would be transferred to the fleet of their subsidiary, Orient Lines, in 2002 as Ocean Voyager.

During the SARS outbreak in 2003, the ship was based in Singapore, replacing SuperStar Virgo, which was redeployed to Australia.

Holiday Dream was given a €30 million refit at Barcelona by Finnish MML Shipbuilding in spring 2008,[13] with her interiors refurbished to accommodate French clientele.

[19] In May 2014, while cruising near the Isle of Mull, in Scotland, an electrical fire aboard the ship knocked out her power supply.

[20] Repairs took place to an electrical panel while the ship was anchored off the island in calm seas for a few days.

In August 2019, Turkey-based ANEX Tour had reportedly purchased Saga Sapphire for its first ship to launch its cruise business, with a scheduled debut in mid-2020 from Antalya.

[22] On 18 June 2020, the sale was completed and it was announced the ship would debut for ANEX Tour in 2021 as Blue Sapphire.