 In January 2008, Club Cruise established a new subsidiary, Van Gogh Cruises, which took over all existing bookings for the "Van Gogh" and planned to continue to operate her in the UK market.Due to difficulties in acquiring a membership in the Association of British Travel Agents, Van Gogh Cruises were forced to suspend operations in April 2008.As a result, the "Van Gogh" was chartered to the Russia-based Metropolis Tur for the 2008 northern hemisphere summer season.