Royal Caribbean International has announced that all its scheduled port calls in Turkey will be cancelled for the entirety of the 2018 European cruise season.
Royal Caribbean pulls out of Turkey for entire 2018 cruise season
The best cruise ships homeporting in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for 2017-18
The UAE’s 2017-18 cruise season will begin again on the 25th of October, when the luxury cruise liner Seabourn Encore returns to Dubai en-route to Australia, but this coming cruise season will […]
Brand new Seabourn Ovation to cruise from Dubai during 2018 Arabian Gulf cruise season
Seabourn Ovation, the newest cruise ship in the luxury cruise line Seabourn’s fleet will cruise from Dubai twice in 2018 following her inaugural summer cruise season in Europe and her re-positioning from […]
Newly refitted Silver Whisper cruises from Dubai
Silversea Cruises newly renovated cruise ship Silver Whisper has paid a visit to Dubai, cruising from the city for Greece to begin a series of European cruise itineraries in April.
Cruise Line Focus: Viking Ocean Cruises
Viking Ocean Cruises wants to bring guests closer to the cultures of the world through what it calls the ‘Viking Difference’.
Cruise Lifestyle: Get around Trump’s Muslim Ban with a Dubai cruise
US President Donald Trump’s executive order barring entry to the United States for nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries means that at least one million residents of the UAE can no longer travel to the US for the next 90 days.
Thomson Majesty undergoes refit in Gibraltar as fleetmate prepares for Dubai cruise
The Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock has undertaking exacting repair and renewal work on Thomson Majesty, the Thomson-operated luxury vessel owned by Louis Cruises.
Dubai breaks all previous records with massive 2016/17 Middle East cruise season
More than 600,000 cruise tourists aboard several dozen cruise ships making 157 ship calls will visit Dubai during the upcoming Middle East cruise season starting in November 2016 and ending in June […]
Cruise lines drop Turkey port calls for 2016 following Istanbul airport terror attack
Following Tuesday’s terror attacks in Istanbul in which at least 41 people were killed and hundreds injured, several cruise lines have announced changes to itineraries featuring the Turkish capital.
MSC Musica Dubai cruise season for 2015 extended due to surge in demand
MSC Musica’s 2015 Dubai cruise season has been extended, Cruise Arabia & Africa can confirm, with the cruise ship now scheduled to sail an extra four 7-night Middle East cruises before she […]
MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises drop Tunisia after terror attack on cruise passengers
As was expected by Cruise Arabia & Africa and no doubt feared by those in the tourism industry in Tunisia, major cruise lines have begun to drop all Tunisian port calls from […]
Star Pride’s second Dubai cruise departure for 2015 cancelled by Windstar Cruises
Windstar Cruises, which recently purchased the luxury boutique cruise ship Star Pride and two others from Seabourn Cruise Line, has cancelled the cruise ship’s second Dubai cruise departure scheduled for later this […]
Quantum of the Seas will visit Dubai on her way to Shanghai
Royal Caribbean International have announced that Quantum of the Seas’ will cruise from Dubai on her re-positioning cruise from New York to Shanghai, where she will sail her inaugural Asian season.
Historical: The first cruise ships
The origins of the cruise industry are murky and contested. Many cruise lines claim to have been the first to develop this lucrative market that only matured in the late 20th century, […]
Cruise Review: Oceania Nautica
The third ship to be added to the Oceania Cruises fleet, Nautica continues the line’s concept of luxury cruising at value-for-money prices. Its special moments that set Nautica apart.