It was established in 2006 following the merge of Zeus Tours & Yacht Cruises – a 3^rd generation cruise and tourism business operating since 1949- and Hellas Yachts which started operating small ships cruises in 1993.

Zeus Tours & Yacht Cruises : Zeus Group was born out of Zeus Tours, a company founded in 1949 by Greek tourism visionary and pioneer Diogenis Venetopoulos, as an incoming Travel Agency and soon became among Greece's leading travel companies. In 1968 the company enters the 'SMALL SHIPS' scheduled cruises niche market by chartering the yacht ELEFTHERIOS and in 1973 launches its first fully owned small ship, the Motorsailer NIKI, a wooden hull cargo vessel rebuilt to offer 18 cabins. In 1978 Triantafyllos (Lakis) Venetopoulos took over the company and more ships followed including a new generation of steel hull ships of 4 star level, the M/Y HARMONY G and the M/S GALILEO

Hellas Yachts : Hellas Yachts has been offering high class services in almost all yachting fields since 1978. In the 90ies the company decided to enter the mega yachts nice market with the commissioning of the 25 cabin PANORAMA - launched in 1993 - and of the PANTHEON , launched in 2004.

More recent history : Since 2005 , Variety Cruises has been growing at a fast pace, with the acquisition of the twin hull M/Y PEGASUS in 2006 and the commissioning of the 25 cabin M/Y HARMONY V , to be launched in May 2008 and due to set a new standard for the Variety Cruises fleet.