The 2020/21 cruise season has gotten the go-ahead from Dubai Tourism authorities, but it’s unlikely to look anything like the bumper season seen last year.
Dubai is reopening its cruise sector but it won’t be plain sailing to recovery
Costa Deliziosa departs on first cruise of limited resumption amid COVID-19
Costa Cruises has resumed services in the Mediterranean from the Italian port of Trieste aboard Costa Deliziosa.
Abu Dhabi tourist ‘safe zone’ may be used as model for cruise tourism amid COVID-19
Abu Dhabi has successfully hosted 2,500 international tourists on Yas Island for its UFC Fight Island event, which saw the creation of an 11-kilometre ‘safe zone’, a model that tourism officials have […]
AIDA second cruise line to confirm return to Dubai in 2020/21 cruise season
AIDA Cruises has joined MSC Cruises in confirming that it will return to the Arabian Gulf cruise sector for the 2020/21 cruise season, deploying its second-largest ship AIDAprima out of Dubai.
Cruise terminal expansion projects in PortMiami unaffected by global cruise shutdown
Expansion projects in PortMiami are ongoing, despite the coronavirus pandemic and global shutdown of the cruise industry, according to a release by Miami-Dade County officials.
Largest cruise ship in world, Wonder of the Seas reaches float out construction milestone
Wonder of the Seas, the newest Oasis-class cruise ship from Royal Caribbean, and the largest cruise ship in the world, has been floated out of the shipyard at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in […]
Spirit of Adventure completes conveyance down Ems River ahead of delivery to Saga
Saga Cruises’ new cruise ship, Spirit of Adventure, has completed her conveyance down the Ems River from the Meyer Werft shipyard to Emden, from where she will embark on sea trials.
Delivery delayed for new ultra-luxury expedition cruise ship Seabourn Venture
Seabourn has announced the cancellation of additional cruises, as well as a delay to the delivery of its new ultra-luxury, purpose-built expedition cruise ship Seabourn Venture.
Celebrity Cruises reveals change to Eden restaurant aboard new Celebrity Apex
Celebrity Cruises has revealed changes to the culinary experience aboard its second Edge-class cruise ship Celebrity Apex in an interview with Cruise Industry News.
Silversea completes seatrials in Mediterranean for new luxury liner Silver Moon
Silver Moon, the new luxury cruise ship for Silversea, has completed sea trials in the Adriatic Sea, sailing between Fincantieri’s shipyards in Ancona and Trieste, Italy.
Seabourn releases new 2021/22 itineraries with first return to Egypt since 2014
The luxury cruise line Seabourn has released its “Extraordinary Destinations E-Brochure,” highlighting its worldwide itineraries for the fall 2021 and winter/spring 2022 seasons, with eight cruises to or from Dubai and its […]
Cunard’s 2022 World Cruise to call in Abu Dhabi, Cape Town cruise apparently dropped
Cunard Line recently announced that it was cancelling cruises into 2021 for all three of its ‘Queens’, with a newly released itinerary for the 2022 World Cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 that […]
Princess Cruises cancels 2021 World Cruise, dropping Dubai cruise plans
Dubai’s cruise sector has taken another hit with the announcement by Princess Cruises that it is cancelling its 2021 World Cruise itineraries aboard Island Princess and Pacific Princess due to uncertainty around […]
Silversea first luxury cruise line to get infection prevention classification
Silversea has become the first luxury cruise line in the world to receive certification in infection prevention for maritime (CIP-M) from the world’s largest ship classification society, DNV GL.
Costa Cruises follows Jalesh and MSC in providing rapid covid testing to all guests
Costa Cruises has announced that it will be providing rapid antigen tests to passengers as limited cruises resume in the Mediterranean, as well as dedicated insurance packages designed to cover any medical […]
Cunard Line latest to cancel voyages into 2021, switches up itineraries for all three ships
Cunard Line has become the latest big ship cruise line to cancel its entire 2020 cruise program, with plans to resume cruises only in the first quarter of 2021.
MSC delays MSC Magnifica cruise resumption by four weeks due to new travel restrictions
MSC Cruises has been forced to delay the resumption of cruises aboard MSC Magnifica by at least four weeks due to the recent introduction of additional testing measures for residents of Italy […]
Caribbean shows signs of preparing to open in possible boost to US cruise market
There are encouraging signs in the Caribbean that some destinations may soon start opening up to cruise ships, possibly providing the US cruise market with a way to emulate the limited resumption […]
What a post-Covid-19 recession might mean for the cruise industry
During the last financial crisis in 2008, none of the major cruise lines failed, and the travel sector proved largely resilient, but this crisis is far deeper, and hitting the industry much […]
8 key takeaways from MSC Cruises’ return to service in the Mediterranean
What is it like cruising during the pandemic and is it even worth it, if you’re able to?
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