After much anticipation, Oceana finally arrived at the Dubai Cruise Terminal in Port Rashid at the end of January to begin her winter Dubai cruise season.
P&O Cruises marks maiden port call in Dubai for Oceana as she begins 2019 season
Princess offers express Dubai to Singapore 2020 cruise on Island Princess
Princess Cruises’ 91,000-gross ton Island Princess, homeporting this year in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, will cruise from Dubai in 2020 on her repositioning voyage to the waters of Southeast Asia.
Oceania Cruises to eliminate all plastic bottles, affecting SA and Dubai cruises
By the time Oceania Cruises operates her 2020 cruises from Cape Town in South Africa and Dubai in the Arabian Gulf, all ships in the fleet will be plastic water bottle free […]
Middle East ports featured on both Silversea World Cruises in 2021
Silversea Cruises will call in Salalah and Muscat on its world cruises in 2021 aboard Silver Cloud Expedition and Silver Whisper.
MSC unveils first-at-sea digital assistant ‘Zoe’ aboard Dubai-bound Bellissima
MSC Cruises officially launched Zoe, the world’s first digital personal cruise assistant, at an event in London ahead of MSC Bellissima’s inaugural cruise season in the Arabian Gulf, sailing roundtrip from Dubai.
Cruise passengers get surprise visit from Ruler of Dubai while in port
A day in port is usually the quietest that a cruise ship is ever going to be, so it was the perfect opportunity for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, […]
MSC says Dubai has massive cruise appeal as largest ship prepares for first season
MSC Cruises will homeport its newest and largest-ever cruise ship MSC Bellissima, in Dubai for the 2019/2020 cruise season, which the cruise line’s Managing Director for the UK & Ireland, Antonio Paradiso, […]
New details announced for Seven Seas Explorer’s 2020 Dubai to Singapore cruise
Regent Seven Seas Cruises teased back in August last year that their new ultra-luxury cruise ship Seven Seas Explorer would be cruising from Dubai during the 2020 season, now they’ve finally made […]
Marella Discovery will repeat cruise from Dubai to Jordan in 2020
Marella Cruises is pitting Dubai in the UAE and Aqaba in Jordan against one another as cruise destinations in its new 14-night cruise itinerary from the UAE to Jordan aboard Marella Discovery.
Dubai enters Top 50 busiest cruise ports, on track for Top 30 by 2020 cruise season
With its current 2019/2020 cruise season, Dubai has become one of the Top 50 busiest cruise ports in the world, welcoming more than 800,000 cruise tourists between November, 2019 and March, 2020.
India’s new cruise line Jalesh Cruises launches Mumbai to Dubai itineraries
Jalesh Cruises, India’s newest and first mainstream cruise line, has released a range of cruise itineraries sailing from April this year onwards, with Dubai included as a port of call on Mumbai […]
Celebrity confirm refurbished Constellation for 2020-21 Dubai cruise season
Celebrity Cruises will homeport Celebrity Constellation in Dubai for the 2020-21 winter cruise season in the Arabian Gulf, sailing an identical set of itineraries to her 2019-2020 deployment.
Dubai Customs director: cruise infrastructure ready for 1-million passengers
With the current winter cruise season in Dubai looking to be the busiest in history, keeping the emirate on track for its 1-million cruise passenger goal by 2020, few infrastructure upgrades are […]
NCL says Middle East bookings growing ahead of two-ship line-up in 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line will be cruising from Dubai with two ships in 2020 and expects significant interest from Middle East passengers based on strong sales growth over the last few years.
P&O includes Dubai cruises in ‘Calling Life’s Explorers’ sales promotion
British cruise line P&O Cruises, sailing its first ever Arabian Gulf cruise season out of Dubai this year, has included its array of Dubai departures in its latest cruise promotion ‘Calling Life’s […]
Dubai-bound MSC Bellissima departs for sea trials as 2019 delivery date nears
MSC Bellissima has left the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard for her first set of sea trials ahead of her February 28th, 2019 delivery to MSC Cruises.
Cruise ships homeporting in Dubai offering more halal options says Cruise Tourism head
The availability of halal food options for Muslim cruise passengers from the GCC isn’t an impediment to the growth of the Middle East as a cruise source market, because cruise lines are […]
Brexit could provide a boost to P&O’s maiden Dubai cruise season
With all the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (popularly known as Brexit), British cruise passengers have been left wondering how the politics might affect their travel plans.
Three cruise ships make simultaneous maiden port calls in Dubai
On the busiest single day of the busiest cruise season on record for Dubai and the wider Arabian Gulf, three cruise ships made their maiden port calls in the city.
New Dubai cruise season kicks off with five cruise ships in single day at Port Rashid
Five cruise ships tied up alongside at Dubai Cruise Terminal in Port Rashid Friday as the 2018/2019 winter cruise season in the Arabian Gulf kicked off.
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