Canada has announced it will re-open to cruise ships on November 1st, 2021, but is not anticipating many cruise ships calls until the 2022 summer season.
Canada to reopen cruise sector in November, 2021 in time for 2022 Alaskan season
Costa updates Dubai 2021/22 itineraries for brand-new Costa Firenze
Costa Cruises has updated the itineraries for its brand-new cruise ship, Costa Firenze, on her 2021/22 cruises in the Arabian Gulf from Dubai. Costa Firenze will cruise roundtrip from Dubai this coming […]
TUI Cruises to homeport Mein Schiff 6 in Dubai for the 2021/22 season
TUI Cruises will sail roundtrip cruises in the Arabian Gulf from Dubai aboard Mein Schiff 6 this coming winter cruise season.
New MSC Cruises ship MSC Virtuosa to be named in Dubai ahead of winter season
MSC Virtuosa, the newest, largest and most environmentally advanced cruise ship in the MSC Cruises fleet will be officially christened in Dubai this November ahead of her inaugural cruise season in the […]
MSC Bellissima makes historic arrival in Saudi Arabia ahead of Red Sea cruise season
MSC Bellissima has arrived in Saudi Arabia, sailing into Jeddah Islamic Port over the weekend, the first mainstream cruise ship ever to dock in the city.
AIDAcosma floated out ahead of her 2022 Mediterranean season from Barcelona
AIDAcosma, the latest Excel-class cruise ship for the German cruise line AIDA Cruises, has been floated out at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany.
MSC Cruises to launch Saudi cruise program early with MSC Bellissima in 2021
MSC Cruises has announced it is moving the start of its first ever Saudi Arabian cruise season up to July, with MSC Bellissima due to homeport in Jeddah between late July and […]
Disney Cruise Line to debut new Avengers restaurant aboard Disney Wish
Disney Cruise Line will debut the interactive dining concept Avengers: Quantum Encounter in its World of Marvel restaurant aboard Disney Wish when she is launched next year.
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri to develop new cruise terminal at PortMiami
MSC Cruises and Fincantieri Infrastructure Florida have signed a contract for the construction of a new cruise terminal at PortMiami.
Virgin Voyages doubles up in UK with Scarlet and Valiant Lady after suspending US debut
Virgin Voyages has expanded Valiant Lady’s UK cruise season with three new pre-summer voyages setting sail from Portsmouth in 2022.
Crystal Symphony to sail 8-night cruise from Bahrain to Dubai in 2023
Luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises will sail from Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port in 2023 aboard Crystal Symphony on an 8-night Arabian Gulf cruise to Dubai.
Silversea announces east and west-bound Aqaba cruises for 2021 and 2022
Luxury cruise line Silversea will sail twice from Aqaba, Jordan, the gateway to iconic Petra, on a cruise bound for India in 2021, and Greece in 2022.
Star Clipper sailing cruise ship to sail from Safaga, Egypt in 2022
Star Clippers is due to sail a 10-day cruise from Safaga in Egypt during the 2022 cruise season, the only cruise ship scheduled to do so during the entire year.
South Africa’s international 2021 Cape Town cruises looking more unlikely
With South Africa facing an intense third wave of COVID-19 infections, and the country remaining firmly on the red list of most countries’ travel restrictions, the dozen international cruises scheduled from Cape […]
Carnival Cruise Line makes double call in Dubai for first time ever
You wait forever for a Carnival Cruise Line ship to arrive, and then two come along at once. This week, two Carnival Cruise Line ships docked in Dubai at the new Dubai […]
Cordelia Cruises to sail inaugural voyage from Dubai to India in September
The new Indian cruise line Cordelia Cruises, which replaces the now-defunct Jalesh Cruises, has announced that it will sail its maiden voyage this September from Dubai.
Egypt updates regulations for cruise tourists unvaccinated against COVID-19
Egypt’s health ministry has issued new regulations for people arriving in the country who are vaccinated against COVID-19, including cruise tourists.
MSC Opera and AIDAnova offer Dubai and Abu Dhabi as 2021/22 homeport
Two of the five cruise ships homeporting in Dubai for the 2021/22 winter cruise season will offer Abu Dhabi as a homeport as well. MSC Opera and AIDAnova will both interport between […]
Valiant Lady delivered to Virgin Voyages on same day Resilient Lady floated out
Virgin Voyages marked a double milestone at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard this week with the delivery of Valiant Lady and the float out of its next cruise ship Resilient Lady, both […]
Costa Cruises set to debut brand new ship Costa Firenze in Savona July 4th
Costa Cruises will sail a maiden voyage from Savona, Italy aboard Costa Firenze on July 4th, marking the ship’s official entry into service ahead of her 2021/22 cruise season out of Dubai.
