While Mein Schiff 5 of TUI Cruises sails her Middle East cruise season out of Dubai for the 2018/2019 season, she’ll be joined briefly by sister ship Mein Schiff 6 for a […]
TUI Cruises mega ship Mein Schiff 6 will join sister ship Mein Schiff 5 in Dubai in 2019
Oceania Cruises returns to the Middle East in 2019 with two-ship Dubai cruise line-up
Oceania Cruises is joining its rivals Seabourn and Silversea Cruises with a two-ship line-up for Dubai cruises in 2019, with Nautica and Insignia sailing three Dubai cruises between them.
5 best chocolate treats on cruise ships
Chocolate is one of the most popular treats on cruises, and these five cruise lines are capitalising on that popularity with desert treats to rival the best chefs on land.
Fred Olsen Cruise Line to offer Dubai to Southampton cruise in 2019 aboard Black Watch
The quintessentially British cruise line Fred Olsen is offering a 24-night cruise in 2019 from Dubai to Southampton in the UK aboard its vintage cruise liner Black Watch.
Mossel Bay to get new waterfront and cruise terminal in multi-million redevelopment
The South African cruise port of Mossel Bay is to receive a new mixed-use waterfront and a cruise terminal for passengers to disembark in the town, according to plans outlined by The […]
Princess Cruises sending Royal Princess to Los Angeles for first ever roundtrip season
Princess Cruises will homeport its class leader Royal Princess in Los Angeles from March, 2019, cruising roundtrip to the Mexican Riviera on an itinerary that harks back to the earliest days of […]
6 best cruise + stay hotel novelties around the world
As the Coco Bodu Hithi resort in the Maldives launches the world’s first ‘pool floats’ menu – letting its guests set sail on everything from a giant peacock to a watermelon – […]
AIDA Cruises holds massive naming ceremony for latest and largest ship AIDAnova
AIDA Cruises, the largest cruise line in Germany, has officially named AIDAnova, its largest cruise liner to date and the most advanced ever built for the German cruise market.
Costa sending largest ship Costa Diadema to Dubai for 2019/2020 Arabian Gulf cruise season
The number of cruise passengers boarding cruise ships in Dubai continues to grow, commensurate with the growing size of cruise ships homeporting in Dubai, with Costa Diadema the latest mega ship confirmed […]
Fred Olsen Cruise Line returns to Cape Town with 2019 departure aboard Boudicca
After cruising from Durban for the first time ever last year, Fred Olsen Cruise Line will return to South Africa with Boudicca in 2019.
Cochin cruise ship calls unaffected as Kerala emerges from worst flooding in a century
Despite suffering some of the worst flooding in a century across the state of Kerala in India, the port city of Cochin, a major cruise hub in Southeast Asia, has not been […]
Cruise experts weigh in on reasons behind explosive growth in Dubai cruises
In the last five years the number of cruise tourists sailing from Dubai has doubled. In the coming 2018/2019 cruise season 725,000 passengers are expected to cruise from Dubai aboard one of […]
8 of the best culinary experiences on cruise ships
Good food lies at the heart of a great vacation. Recognising this, cruise lines are working with top chefs around the world to create innovative and delicious menus that add extraordinary tastes […]
New York pier comes off worse after Carnival Horizon collision
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, as Carnival Horizon, the cruise line’s newest mega-ship, edged her way into dock at Pier 88 in New York Harbour, the 133,596-gross ton ship collided […]
QE2 Dubai ready for October 2018 phase 2 launch ahead of 2018/19 cruise season
The QE2 Dubai is all set for her official launch as a floating hotel in Dubai, six months after her phase 1 ‘soft launch’ which brought the city its first ever floating […]
Princess offers three cruises from Dubai in 2019 aboard Sapphire Princess and Sea Princess
Princess Cruises is offering three cruise departures from Dubai in 2019, two aboard Sapphire Princess and one aboard the smaller Sea Princess.
Phoenix Reisen steps up Cape Town cruises in 2019 with Amadea and Albatros
German cruise line Phoenix Reisen will cruise from Cape Town three times in the coming 2018/2019 season, once with Amadea in 2018 and twice in 2019 with its cruise ship Albatros.
Holland America’s new Pinnacle class ship Nieuw Statendam completes sea trials
Holland America Line‘s second Pinnacle Class cruise ship Nieuw Statendam has returned to Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy after successfully completing two sets of sea trials off the coast.
13 favourite beach cruise destinations
Cruise ships sail to some of the world’s best beaches in the Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico, Hawaii, Mediterranean, South America and South Pacific – including this Caribbean beach in Antigua. Here are […]
Variety of cruise lines home-porting in Dubai boosts cruise passenger numbers in 2019
Cruise tourism is one of the fastest-growing segments of Dubai’s tourism industry with the UAE among the world’s leading winter cruise destinations, according to a new report from Dubai Chamber of Commerce […]
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