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Costa Cruises has removed all Dubai cruise itineraries for the 2020/21 winter cruise season from its website, suggesting it has cancelled Costa Diadema’s homeporting season in Dubai.
P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operations into early 2021, joining several other major cruise lines that have taken the unprecedented step amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Disney Cruise Line has extended the suspension of all cruises until December 6th, 2020 and has confirmed the much-anticipated delay to the delivery of its new cruise ship Disney Wish.
Seabourn has marked the cutting of the steel for the brand’s second ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ship at the T. Mariotti shipyard.
The UAE has announced a new set of fines relating to measures being taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including thousands of dollars in penalties for cruise lines and passengers that […]
Queen Mary 2 will sail a classic World Voyage in 2022, with calls in Greece, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia and Bali, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Italy and Portugal.
Princess Cruises has revealed the itinerary for its 15th annual Australia-based World Cruise in 2022, with 43 port calls in 27 countries, including an overnight in Dubai. The 107-night voyage sails roundtrip from […]
Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed the sale of an additional two Fantasy-class cruise ships following parent company Carnival Corp’s announcement of an accelerated fleet sell off. However, the cruise line also confirmed […]
Costa Cruises will be returning to Egypt in late 2020, the cruise line confirmed as it released its redesigned European cruise itineraries for 2020 and 2021. The redesigned itineraries follow Costa Cruises’ […]
Marella Cruises has released its 2021/22 cruise program, with sailings from Port Canaveral, visits to Manila, Philippines, Muara, Brunei and Da Nang, Vietnam, as well as an Arabian Sunrise voyage visiting Sri […]
Carnival Corporation has announced that it will again accelerate its ship retirement program amid the coronavirus pandemic, increasing the number of ships its selling off from 13 to 18.
At a meeting between the Big Four cruise line and the Miami-Dade County Tourism and the Ports Committee, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank del Rio called for the industry to be […]
Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum Ultra class cruise ship, Odyssey of the Seas, has received new livery and her name on her hull at the Meyer Werft shipyard.
Fred Olsen Cruise Line has revealed the inaugural cruise program for its new ship Bolette, the former MS Amsterdam, which it acquired from Holland America Line earlier this year.
Princess Cruises has revealed a destination-rich set of itineraries for it’s upcoming Australia and New Zealand 2021-2022 season, which includes the popular South Pacific tropical destinations of Fiji, Papa New Guinea, New […]
The 2020/21 cruise season has gotten the go-ahead from Dubai Tourism authorities, but it’s unlikely to look anything like the bumper season seen last year.
Costa Cruises has resumed services in the Mediterranean from the Italian port of Trieste aboard Costa Deliziosa.
Abu Dhabi has successfully hosted 2,500 international tourists on Yas Island for its UFC Fight Island event, which saw the creation of an 11-kilometre ‘safe zone’, a model that tourism officials have […]
AIDA Cruises has joined MSC Cruises in confirming that it will return to the Arabian Gulf cruise sector for the 2020/21 cruise season, deploying its second-largest ship AIDAprima out of Dubai.
Expansion projects in PortMiami are ongoing, despite the coronavirus pandemic and global shutdown of the cruise industry, according to a release by Miami-Dade County officials.
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