Royal Caribbean and Celestial Cruises have announced the cancellation of multiple voyages from or to Israel following the outbreak of armed conflict in the country over the weekend.
Cordelia Cruises will return to Dubai next year with a series of cruises to the Middle East planned for its single cruise ship Empress.
Launched in June 2023 as the second of MSC’s LNG-powered ships, MSC Euribia has already made history as the first cruise ship to sail a zero emissions cruise, and she’s homeporting in […]
Saudi Arabia’s start-up cruise line Aroya Cruises, the first domestic cruise company for the Arab world and wider Middle East, is going big on technology as it looks to digitise booking and […]
MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys, part of the Cruise Division of the MSC Group, have announced plans to open a joint office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Viking Ocean Cruises is offering a brand-new Grand Voyage from Barcelona in Spain to Mumbai in India, with several Middle East port calls among the destinations visited.
MSC Cruises is seeing significant growth in passenger numbers on its Red Sea itineraries out of Saudi Arabia, with up to 200,000 expected for the coming 2023/24 cruise season.
The German cruise line Phoenix Reisen is bringing Artania to the Middle East in April, 2024 with a 23-night cruise from Dubai in the UAE to Savona in Italy.
AIDA Cruises will sail a 15-night voyage from Dubai to Palma De Mallorca on April 16th next year aboard AIDAbella, as part of her repositioning from Asia to Europe for the summer.
Aroya Cruises has selected British naval design studio SMC to be lead designer for the refurbishment project on the former World Dream.
Crystal Cruises will be returning to South Africa, offering voyages to and from South Africa and other destinations on the continent in 2025, following its acquisition by A&K Travel and multi-million dollar […]
The luxury French cruise line Ponant has partnered with the Dubai-based cruise agency CruiseXplore to offer a series of voyages homeporting in the Arabian Gulf during the 2023/24 cruise season.
Crystal Cruises for the first time will be homeporting a ship in the Arabian Gulf during the 2025/26 Middle East cruise season, with Crystal Symphony set to sail a range of voyages […]
Ras Al Khaimah, the UAE’s emergent cruise port on the Arabian Gulf, is targetting smaller, niche cruise lines as it seeks to tap into a new luxury cruise travel segment that prioritises […]
Five new cruise ships are expected dock at Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port during the upcoming 2023/24 cruise season, with a total of 47 cruise calls scheduled overall.
Emerald Cruises is returning to the Middle East for the 2024/25 winter cruise season with nine itineraries featuring departures from Aqaba in Jordan or Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with port calls in […]
Oceania Cruises has released more than 40 different Christmas and New Year season cruises in 2023, 2024, and 2025, featuring a variety of ports and cities, including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Lima, Miami, […]
Cruise Saudi, the parent company of the Saudi Arabian start-up cruise line Aroya Cruises, has announced that MJM Marine and DE Wave will handle the fit and finish for its first ship […]
Crystal Cruises is returning to the Middle East in 2025 following its change of ownership and the bow-to-stern refit and refurbishment of its two-ship fleet.
Oman is looking to develop a new cruise port on its east coast as it targets a full cruise tourism recovery to pre-pandemic passenger numbers.
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