MSC Cruises announces exclusive near-50% off deals for Middle East guests aboard MSC Seaside on maiden Caribbean cruises out of Miami.
MSC Cruises drops prices for Middle East guests on MSC Seaside Caribbean itineraries
P&O Cruises makes plastics reduction pledge ahead of 2019 Dubai cruise season
As Dubai forges ahead with its sustainability initiatives, P&O Cruises and Cunard Line, both of which are cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation, have announced a commitment to remove single use plastics […]
Costa Cruises to halve food waste aboard Dubai cruise ship Mediterranea by 2020
Costa Cruises has adopted the 4GOODFOOD program fleetwide, a program that aims to halve food waste on board the Italian cruise line’s ships by 2020.
TUI Cruises orders Mein Schiff 9 as fleet expansion continues
The German cruise line TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises, and a regular homeporting cruise line in the Middle East, is planning to order a new […]
Cruise port focus: Dubai, UAE
Dubai is the cruise hub of the Middle East, with more cruise departing from the city than any other in the region, it is also the second-most visited cruise port by passing […]
Seven cruise lines to homeport in UAE during 2018/19 season for first time ever
For the first time in the history of cruising in the United Arab Emirates, a total of seven cruise lines will homeport in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during the upcoming 2018/19 cruise […]
MSC Cruises’ newest mega cruise ship MSC Bellissima will cruise roundtrip from Dubai in 2020
MSC Cruises has announced that the largest cruise ship in the fleet will be homeported in Dubai during the 2019/2020 cruise season.
Refurbished Seven Seas Mariner to be only all-suite, all-balcony ship cruising Alaska
Regent Seven Seas Cruises are deploying Seven Seas Mariner in Alaska after her 20-day drydock in April 2018, and now they’ve revealed details about the upgrades being made to the ship.
Cruise Industry: Dubai cruise growth hampered by other Arabian Gulf ports
While Dubai Cruise Terminal has expanded significantly over the last five years, other major destination ports (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar, Muscat) have not.
Dubai considering fourth cruise terminal at Port Rashid for luxury liners
Dubai is determined to remain the cruise capital of the Middle East, undertaking a major redevelopment and expansion of its facilities at Port Rashid and the recently announced Dubai Harbour, and now […]
QE2 appears a step closer to new life as floating hotel with new website launch
DP World has ‘unofficially’ confirmed its plans for the Queen Elizabeth II Hotel with a model of the Mina Rashid Marina development at Dubai Cruise Terminal 3.
Sky Princess nears completion with bow section launch
Princess Cruises has come a step closer to the completion of its new Sky Princess behemoth with the launch of the 143,700-gross ton cruise liner’s bow section.
MSC Cruises offers exclusive deals for Cruise Arabia & Africa readers
MSC Cruises has revealed a number of cruise deals for its roundtrip Dubai cruises in the Arabian Gulf exclusively for Cruise Arabia & Africa readers.
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 Cape Town cruise injected R2.2-million into SA economy
Queen Mary 2, the flagship of the Cunard fleet and the world’s greatest ocean liner and one of the largest passenger ships in the world, did a turnaround in Cape Town last […]
P&O Cruises to expand again with second 5,200-guest ship due in 2022
Due in 2022, the as-yet un-named cruise ship will be 180,000-gross tons and have a passenger capacity of 5,200, a full 1,000 more than P&O’s current largest cruise ship Britannia.
Four best cruise ships coming from Carnival Corporation in 2018
Carnival Corporation, the owner of 11 of the world’s top cruise lines, and the largest cruise company in the world, is on a newbuild spree at the moment, with 19 new cruise […]
MSC Cruises targets Celebrity with MSC Lirica Dubai cruise deployment for 2019
MSC Cruises is making a play for Celebrity Cruises’ market share in the Dubai cruise market, with plans to send its recently refitted MSC Lirica to Dubai for the 2018/19 Middle East cruise […]
VAT introduction in UAE expected to have no impact on Middle East cruise market
Cruise market in UAE exempt from value added tax (VAT) and therefore Dubai cruise demand wont be affected, says leading Middle East cruise representative.
Cruise Industry: What the media consistently get wrong about cruise ships and bad weather
The mass media loose their s#$t whenever a cruise ship encounters a wave, forgetting that bad weather, and especially unpredictable weather, is what the ocean has been known for, for centuries. Sometimes […]
Crystal Symphony first cruise ship to use redeveloped Cape Town Cruise Terminal
Crystal Symphony departed on her 2018 World Cruise on January 7th from Cape Town, marking not only the first time that a world cruise of this magnitude has departed from the Mother […]
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