Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whakawakia a Richard Branson mo te £ 200 miriona whai muri i te hinganga o te umanga tahi me te Tumuaki o mua o Norwegian Cruises a Colin Veitch. Kei te whakawakia a Sir Richard Branson me tana roopu Virgin mo te £ 200 miriona ($ 300 miriona) e te Tumuaki o mua o te Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd mo nga mahere a te piriona piriona o Ingarangi ki te whakarewa i tana ake raina tere moana papai. Ko te kerēme i tukuna e Colin Veitch i te Kooti Federal o Miami, me te kii ko Virgin i kaha ki a ia mai i tetahi hononga honohono ki te uru atu ki te umanga me nga kaipuke nui e kaha ana ki te kawe i nga kaihihi 4,200 ia, me te mahi hei waahi whakangahau. E kii ana a Veitch i whakaatuhia e ia he mahere ki a Virgin i te tau 2011 ki te whakarewa i tetahi raina tere moana hou e arotahi ana ki nga kaipuke 'ultra' e rua ka whai waahi ki te umanga tere moana papai, engari he tino painga, e ai ki te amuamu. I titiro tuatahi a Sir Richard me te Virgin Group ki te maakete tere moana i te mutunga o te 1970, 'a kua neke atu i te tekau tau te roa o ta maatau roopu e tirotiro ana i te whai waahi,' i kii te roopu Virgin i roto i tetahi korero i tukuna mai i te Raapa. 'I roto i nga tau, kua korerohia e matou me etahi taha tae atu ki te kaituku, a ka mutu aua korero i te tau 2012. E tino whakapono ana mātou kāore he take o te kerēme". I panuitia e Virgin i te marama o Tihema te hanganga o Virgin Cruises, e hiahia ana ki te rere atu i Miami. Ko tētahi o ngā mahi pakihi hou a Sir Richard, tae atu ki ngā kamupene rererangi, te waka ā-ao Virgin Galactic, he tapanga puoro, te whakaputa pukapuka, he umanga haere, ngā hōtera me ngā ratonga waea pūkoro. Hei Tumuaki o te Virgin Cruises hou, i utua e Branson a Tom McAlpine, te perehitini o mua o te Disney Cruise Line, he waahanga o Walt Disney Co. E ai ki te whakawa, na Veitch i kawe te mahere ki a Virgin, i muri i te wetewete i te umanga tere moana i whakatau ai ka taea e tetahi waitohu rongonui penei i a Virgin te uru atu ki te pakihi ma te hanga i nga kaipuke e kiia ana ko 'ultra'. Ko ēnei kaipuke, pērā i te kaipuke 'Oasis of the Seas' a Royal Caribbean International, he whānui...
Kua whakawakia e te rangatira o Norwegian Cruises a Colin Veitch. E kii ana ia i muri i tana whakaaturanga i nga mahere haerenga moana, i 'whakapoia' ia E mea ana a Virgin e whakapono ana ratou 'kaore he take o te kerēme'