Norwegian Dawn will spend part of the 2023/24 Middle East cruise season sailing between Dubai and Doha on 7-night open-jaw itineraries, rather than the closed-loop roundtrip itineraries most lines sail from Dubai.
Costa Cruises has confirmed that it will be offering Doha in Qatar as a homeport, in addition to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, for the 2023/24 cruise season in the Arabian Gulf.
A total of 162,403 cruise tourists visited Qatar during the 2022/23 cruise season, which runs between December and March, an increase of 184% compared to the previous season.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has launched its 2025/26 voyage collection, with a host of new itineraries featuring Arabia and Africa, including calls in Doha, Qatar and Port Louis, Mauritius for the very […]
Doha Port saw a record cruise season during 2022/23 with cruise tourist passenger numbers reaching 273,666, according to Mwani Qatar, the government agency that handles Qatar’s seaports and shipping terminals.
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 […]
Qatar Tourism has reported significant ongoing growth in its cruise tourism sector, with a full recovery from the pandemic expected during the current 2022/23 cruise season.
The superyacht cruise ship Le Bougainville of the luxury French cruise line Ponant has opened the cruise season in Qatar, becoming the first cruise ship of the winter season to call in […]
MSC Cruises’ newest cruise ship MSC World Europa, as well as two other vessels, MSC Opera and MSC Poesia, provide a unique way to experience the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according […]
Azamara has been forced to drop Doha in Qatar as a port of call on its upcoming Arabia & World Cup Voyage departing Dubai on November 15th, 2022.
Doha will host six cruise ships as floating hotel during the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup, with MSC Cruises supplying three of them.
The capital of Qatar, Doha, and home to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, is preparing to host its first-ever cruise ship naming ceremony in November.
Demand for cruise ship cabins in Doha during the FIFA 2022 World Cup remains high, despite climbing prices due to a lack of availability.
Qatar’s cruise tourism sector is almost fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with cruise ship calls for the 2022/23 season having bounced back thanks to the FIFA World Cup.
Emerald Cruises has released the first images of its brand new luxury superyacht, Emerald Azzurra, ahead of her maiden cruise season homeporting in Qatar next year.
Qatar has reported a strong rebound in cruise tourism following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, with passenger numbers and cruise calls almost back to normal.
Qatar is expanding its cruise destination credentials with its first ever exclusive homeporting deal with a cruise line.
Qatar is gearing up for its busiest cruise season on record as Dubai bounces back from the unprecedented disruption the COVID-19 pandemic forced on the cruise industry.
Qatar has developed a new cruise terminal in Doha Port, centrally located adjacent to some of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, and is preparing an “exciting calendar of events” for tourists […]