TUI Cruises promoted Captain Adam Swietlik as the Captain of the Mein Schiff 4. According to Schiffe Und Kreuzfahrten, Swietlik joined Celebrity Cruises in spring 2010 and, in 2014, moved to TUI Cruises. Swietlik will be the third new TUI Cruises captain brought on in 2026. At the beginning of the year, Kira Schikorr steered the Mein Schiff 6 in Asia for the first time, and Alexander Orendt first captained the Mein Schiff 3 from Bremerhaven. The company said that the promotions are due, among other things, to the growth of the Mein Schiff fleet.