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The new Leonardo-class cruise ship coming from Norwegian Cruise Line could be homeported in Southampton, according to comments made by the chief executive of the line’s parent company, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.
Navigator of the Seas is being sent to drydock in January next year for a massive refit and refurbishment project that is part of a greater initiative by the cruise line to […]
Celebrity Cruises accepted delivery of Celebrity Edge, its first new ship in six years Wednesday, at a ceremony at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique (STC France) shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.
Virgin Voyages, the new cruise line established by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, revealed it would be cruising to Cuba from Miami on its Caribbean itineraries, and at the same time announced […]
Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal has partnered with Abu Dhabi Airports and Etihad Airport Services to further streamline the process involved in getting passengers to or from the port and plane.
P&O Cruises’ 19-night cruise from Dubai to Southampton on March 24th, 2020 is a taste of what ocean liner voyages between Australia and Britain must have been like in the 19th and […]
Three Dubai-bound cruise ships docked in Jordan’s Port of Aqaba this week on their repositioning cruises between Europe and Asia, giving the up-and-coming cruise port its busiest day of the year.
Princess Cruises will sail its largest ever cruise season in the British and European cruise markets in 2020, with a 15% boost to capacity compared to 2019.
Aqaba is Jordan’s 6,000-year-old port city on the Red Sea, the gateway to the world-famous stone-city of Petra and a key stopover for ocean liners and cruise ships transiting the Suez Canal […]
Angriya Cruises is the first-ever Indian owned and operated cruise line in the country, and it’s now offering 2-night round-trip cruises from Mumbai to Goa.
The British cruise line Fred Olsen is sending Boudicca to the Arabian Gulf in 2020, sailing a 14-night cruise from Dubai to the Cypriot cruise port of Limassol via the Suez Canal […]
Following on from Norwegian Cruise Line’s announcement earlier this year that Norwegian Spirit would offer inaugural sailings from Dubai in the Arabian Gulf and Cape Town in South Africa, the cruise line […]
Silver Spirit was cut in half, lengthened, and completely overhauled to bring her up-to-date with Silversea’s new cruise ships Silver Muse and Silver Moon, and now she’s going to be cruising from […]
The flagship of the Cunard Line fleet, Queen Mary 2, will return to Dubai in 2020, to sail a 19-night cruise from the UAE to Britain’s former colony, Hong Kong.
MSC Cruises have revealed details of MSC Orchestra’s inaugural cruise season in South Africa, sailing roundtrip from Durban in the Indian Ocean between November, 2019 and April, 2020.
The Port of Southampton and Carnival UK, the Southampton-based owners of P&O Cruises, have announced a US $15.5-million package of investments aimed at upgrading the current Ocean Terminal to accommodate P&O Iona.
Passengers who book any one of five selected cruises with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines before November 19th, 2018 will receive free on-board spending credit of $260 per person, the cruise line has […]
The Durban beachfront promenade extension, part of the city’s R35 billion Point Waterfront Development, which includes the new Durban Cruise Terminal, is on track for completion in November next year.
Etisalat will be offering a Visitor Package to cruise tourists and crew disembarking at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal this coming cruise season, the UAE mobile operator has announced.
At 294m, 92,409 gross tons and carrying 2,550 passengers, MSC Musica is the largest cruise ship that MSC Cruises has ever homeported in South Africa. From November, 2018 to March, 2019, she […]
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