The numbers are in (kind of) for the 2022/23 cruise season, which wraps up later this month, and they show a near total recovery for the Arabian Gulf cruise sector, with almost […]
Explora II, the second cruise ship being built for MSC Cruises’ luxury subsidiary brand Explora Journeys, will cruise roundtrip from Dubai several times during the 2024/25 cruise season.
Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal has recorded its highest number of international cruise passengers for a monthin the past five years.
Saudi Arabia has welcomed more than 9,000 cruise tourists in a single day for the first time, with three cruise ships calling in Jeddah and King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam.
Cunard Line is bringing its flagship Queen Mary 2 back to the UAE in 2024, with a 21-night cruise from Dubai to Southampton, with the option of extending it into a 28-night […]
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are just a few hours sailing distance apart on the UAE coastline, but this year Riviera of Oceania Cruises will spend 10 days cruising from one port to […]
P&O Cruises will sail its annual Dubai to Southampton grand voyage in March, 2024 with Arcadia cruising from the Middle East through the Suez Canal and Mediterranean.
MSC Cruises has appointed United Tours and Cruise as its general sales agent in Qatar as its pushes to increase its market share in the Middle East cruise sector.
In keeping with the ever-growing size of cruise ships sailing from Dubai, TUI Cruises has confirmed that it too is upgrading its tonnage in the region from Mein Schiff 6 to the […]
P&O Cruises will recreate the Middle East to Europe route undertaken by its ocean liner forebearers in 2023, with Arcadia departing on an 18-night voyage to the UK.
AIDA Cruises has confirmed that instead of re-deploying AIDAcosma to the Middle East for the 2023/24 cruise season as previously announced, it will instead be sending AIDAprima.
Dubai will be used as a turnaround port on the 2023 World Cruise aboard Island Princess, with a 42-night itinerary from the UAE to Fort Lauderdale in Miami.
Azamara has yet to confirm a return to the Middle East for a full cruise season post-pandemic, but the cruise line will be offering one roundtrip Dubai voyage aboard Azamara Journey during […]
MSC World Europa has finally made her maiden call in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on her 2022/23 Middle East cruise season out of Dubai, after having to cancel the port call on the […]
AIDA Cruises has confirmed that it will re-deploy AIDAcosma to the Middle East for the 2023/24 Arabian Gulf cruise season, homeporting once more at the Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal.
After sailing its biggest ever Middle East cruise season during 2022/23 out of Dubai, MSC Cruises has confirmed that MSC Opera will once more be deployed to the region, while MSC World […]
Silversea Cruises will sail from Dubai twice in 2023, first with a 9-night roundtrip itinerary in the Arabian Gulf, and then with a 33-night grand voyage from Dubai to Cape Town.
The largest ship in the MSC Cruises fleet, and the largest to ever homeport in the Middle East for a full cruise season, MSC World Europa, will sail a one-off 10-night cruise […]
MSC Cruises‘ brand new mega cruise ship MSC World Europa arrived in Dubai this weekend for the first time, docking at the Dubai Cruise Terminal in Port Rashid, from which she will […]
Bahrain has commenced the 2022/23 cruise season with a bang, welcoming a trio of cruise ships in just a few days this week carrying 11,000 cruise tourists.
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