Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Blue Star Line has announced that Titanic II, his fully-functioning replica of the famous ocean liner, is still to be launched, but that her first cruise destination […]
Titanic II is to sail maiden voyage in 2018 from China to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
Dubai Cruise Terminal operator DP World reveals green plans with solar panels to generate power
DP World, a global port operator and the authority responsible for operating the Dubai Cruise Terminal, the primary cruise hub of the Middle East, has announced plans to install solar panels on […]
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 […]
US Coast Guard responds to fire aboard Carnival Liberty in St Thomas
Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed that a fire broke out aboard its cruise liner Carnival Liberty while in port in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands on Monday.
P&O Cruises in talks with Cruise Arabia alliance on sailing first Middle East cruise season – source
A high ranking source in the Middle East cruise industry has informed Cruise Arabia & Africa that the British cruise line P&O Cruises is considering home porting a cruise ship in the […]
UAE business leader calls for Schengen style visa to grow Middle East cruise market
Middle East governments must ease restrictions on travelling between GCC states to boost the region’s tourism industry and support the fast-developing yachting and cruise markets, says Mohammed Hussein Al Shaali, chairman of […]
Cruise Industry: 5 predictions for Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages
What can we expect to see aboard this new comer to the cruise industry? A new cruise line that Richard Branson has promised will “shake things up” and offer a “new cruise experience.”
SHIP REVIEW: Carnival Vista
The cruise industry has high expectations of Carnival Vista, and from what has been revealed about her so far, Carnival Cruise Line seems to be on the right course.
Passenger aboard Celestyal Crystal says collision with oil tanker off Turkey felt like ‘explosion’
Celestyal Cruises’ ship Celestyal Crystal and a tanker have collided off the coast of Gallipoli, Turkey, Cruise Arabia & Africa understands, based on passenger accounts and media reports.
Cruise Industry: What goes into building an LNG powered cruise ship?
The entire engineering and design of the ships’ engine rooms and fuel tanks will be radically different to current cruise ships.
Princess Cruises Sea Princess moors at Dubai Cruise Terminal three hours late due to Cyclone Ashobaa
Princess Cruises’ cruise ship Sea Princess had docked at Dubai’s Port Rashid three hours late due to the adverse sea conditions generated in the Arabian Sea by Cyclone Ashobaa, Princess has told […]
Holland America’s Rotterdam and Amsterdam feature Middle East cruises from Dubai in 2016
Holland America Line will be returning two of its sister ships, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, to Dubai in 2016, the cruise line has confirmed, with Amsterdam sailing west from Dubai as part of […]
Cruise Lifestyle: Glossary of cruise industry terms and nautical jargon
The cruise industry is awash with nautical and industry-specific terms that most experienced cruisers are aware of, while first time cruisers often find themselves feeling perplexed with this at-sea lexicon. To make […]
Eastern Europe, Brazil, India, China, South Africa key markets for Middle East cruises
During the handing over of the plaque and keys ceremony aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas to mark her maiden port call in Dubai, Hamad Bin Mejren, senior vice president of […]
Cruise Lifestyle: Five things you didn’t know about your cruise ship
Cruise ships are floating cities, even the smaller cruise ships have entire worlds hidden behind ‘Authorised Access Only’ doors that passengers will never see, while all cruise lines have policies and facilities […]
Cruise Lifestyle: How to get a free cabin upgrade
The cabin upgrade, like getting an upgrade on an airline, this is the holy grail of bragging rights in the cruise experience and regular cruise passengers have a number of theories of […]
SHIP REVIEW: Cunard’s QE2 in her current state in Dubai
Cruise Arabia & Africa was recently given unprecedented access to the most famous ship in the world and allowed to photograph her from stem to stern in the early hours of a stifling summer morning in Dubai.
Cruise Industry: First peak at features aboard new Virgin Voyages line
Virgin Cruises is expected to launch in 2019 and Sir Richard Branson, the tycoon behind the Virgin Group, has previously indicated that the cruise line would be launched with new tonnage, but until now we’ve had no indication of what these new cruise ships will look like, or the on-board facilities and amenities they’ll feature.
MSC Cruises confirm dates for MSC Sinfonia’s 2016/17 South Africa cruise season with few surprises
MSC Cruises have confirmed to Cruise Arabia & Africa that MSC Sinfonia will be returned to the South African cruise market in November, 2016, cruising roundtrip out of Durban and Cape Town […]
MSC Cruises confirm South African among the 12 injured and a further 9 dead in Tunisia terror attack
MSC Cruises this morning informed Cruise Arabia & Africa that a South African passenger is among the 12 people wounded in the terror attacks at the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia on […]
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