Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Oman, founding members of the Cruise Arabia Alliance, a grouping of GCC cruise destinations aimed at fostering the growth of the region’s cruise tourism industry, have revived […]
Emirates Airline has renewed its partnerships with both AIDA Cruises and TUI Cruises for the next two cruise seasons, reinforcing Dubai’s place as a major maritime tourism hub with state-of-the-art cruise terminals […]
Crystal Cruises has opened bookings for its 2026 World Cruise aboard Crystal Serenity, with 72 ports of call across 27 countries, including Dubai in the UAE.
Passengers sailing the Ultimate World Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas have opted to keep the port call in Dubai, after the cruise line gave them the unprecedented choice of […]
Dubai Holding is considering a major investment in Accor’s Orient Express cruise line brand, which will operate ultra-luxury cruising superyachts inspired by the famed train that travelled between Paris and Istanbul in […]
Holland America Line has announced a new World Cruise itinerary for 2026 that is its biggest and longest to date, with 47 ports of call across 39 countries during a 132 day voyage.
Virgin Voyages has cancelled its 2024/25 Australian cruise season, along with its two scheduled cruises from Dubai on the outward and inward repositioning cruises, due to security concerns in the Red Sea.
Norwegian Cruise Line has cancelled several cruises aboard Norwegian Sky in late 2024 due to the ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.
Cunard has announced new cruises sailing from September 2025 through January 2027 onboard its four Queens, with the 109-night World Cruise aboard Queen Anne calling in the Middle East.
The German cruise line AIDA Cruises has opened bookings for its 4-month World Cruise taking place during 2025 and 2026, with port calls in the Middle East scheduled despite the security crisis […]
Dubai Customs has held an educational event at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Cruise Terminal (Dubai Cruise Terminal) for more than 5,100 cruise tourists to promote intellectual property rights protection and its efforts […]
Saudi Arabia has introduced new procedural guidelines that allow temporary entry to its waters for up to six months for cruise ships and pleasure yachts.
Royal Caribbean International‘s first ever World Cruise has been beset by drama from the outset, first with itinerary changes due to bad weather, then due to the tragic death of a passenger, […]
Passengers sailing Cunard Line’s World Cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 have spoken out against the line’s decision to re-route the ship via South Africa, a destination already visited on the World Cruise, […]
Crystal Cruises has cancelled its Chairman’s Cruise aboard Crystal Symphony from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Rhodes, Greece on April 2nd, 2024, along with the March 27th departure from Mumbai, India.
Silversea Cruises has cancelled two additional itineraries that were due to sail via the Middle East this year on the back of ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.Â
Virgin Voyages is joining nine other cruise lines in cancelling or amending itineraries that were due to sail through the Red Sea in the coming weeks, on the back of an ongoing […]
With an ever-growing number of cruise lines cancelling itineraries transiting the Suez Canal and choosing to re-route ships around the southern coast of Africa instead, Cape Town is looking at an even […]
Travel times from Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal to Sheikh Zayed Road, the main arterial highway running the length of Dubai, will be slashed from 12 minutes to just three minutes thanks to […]
Princess Cruises and Cunard Line have confirmed they are altering cruse itineraries to avoid the Red Sea on the back of an ongoing security crisis that has disrupted global shipping.
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