Located between Jumeirah and Business Bay, the home of the iconic Burj Khalifa, City Walk is a lifestyle community housing hotels, homes, high-end retailers, restaurants, wellness centres and more.
Dubai shore excursions: City Walk
Costa Firenze Dubai cruise plans altered as Carnival Corp delays new ship deliveries
Costa Cruises has announced changes to its cruise itineraries for new ships Costa Firenze and Costa Toscana as parent company Carnival Corporation moves to delay new ship deliveries, impacting scheduled Dubai cruise […]
Azamara cancels upcoming Dubai cruise aboard Azamara Quest due to impact of Coronavirus
Azamara has informed passengers booked on its March 17th cruise from Dubai that the voyage has been cancelled due to new restrictions the UAE has introduced for cruise ships sailing from Dubai.
Coronavirus impact in Asia leads to busiest day of the cruise season for Dubai
The last day of February was always going to be a busy day for Dubai Cruise Terminal with four cruise ships docked on the same day, but AIDA’s decision to pull out […]
Why Coronavirus impact for Dubai cruise sector is difficult to predict
With more than 80,000 people around the world infected with Coronavirus, more than 2,700 deaths, and mass disruption to the cruise sector across Asia, the ongoing epidemic’s impact on the cruise sector […]
MSC Bellissima’s Dubai to Asia cruise altered due to Coronavirus outbreak
MSC Bellissima’s March cruise from Dubai to Japan has been altered to drop several Asian destinations from the itinerary amid the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic in the region.
MSC Cruises says latest flare-up in Iran-US tensions has not impacted Dubai cruise plans
MSC Cruises does not intend to alter or cancel any of its Dubai cruise itineraries for the current winter season in the wake of the latest spike in tensions between Iran and […]
AIDA revamps entertainment across fleet for 2020 with celebrity chef on Dubai cruise
New shows, creative TV formats and a diverse entertainment program with celebrities and experts will debut across the AIDA Cruises fleet in 2020, the cruise line has announced. AIDA Cruises offers exclusive […]
ATM report reveals why Dubai was chosen as first foreign homeport by Jalesh Cruises
Big spending Indian tourists in Dubai are a major source market for Jalesh Cruises on its Arabian Gulf cruise itineraries, and a new report by Colliers International predicts growth of 81% in […]
Cruise lines take security seriously, wouldn’t homeport in Dubai if it weren’t safe – CLIA
Various forms of marine tourism, the cruise sector chief among them, are projected to become one of the main contributors to Dubai’s economy by 2030, but amid Iran tensions and attacks on […]
World’s largest Ferris wheel Ain Dubai will open ahead of 2020/21 cruise season
Cruise passengers visiting Dubai or flying into the city to board ships at Mina Rashid next year will be able to include the Ain Dubai observation wheel in their shore excursions. The […]
Emirates Airline check-in terminals now open at Dubai Cruise Terminal
Cruise tourists disembarking from cruise ships in Dubai can now check-in for their Emirates flight at Dubai Cruise Terminal itself, providing more time for sight-seeing on the final day in the city.
Dubai-bound Costa Firenze floated out of dry-dock at Fincantieri
Costa Cruises’ new Vista-class cruise ship Costa Firenze has touched water for the first time as she was floated out of her construction dry-dock at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy.
Dubai will hit 1-million cruise tourist target a year early as ships get bigger
More than a million cruise tourists are expected to visit Dubai during the coming 2019/2020 cruise season, according to tourism officials.
Cruise packing: What to wear on your cruise to Dubai
Dubai is far and away the most liberal city in the Middle East, (almost) anything goes here, but there are important things to keep in mind when it comes to the unofficial dress code.
Six best Hilton Hotels for Insta snaps on a Dubai cruise
What’s the point of a cruise to Dubai without finding out which cafes, restaurants and pool areas in the city offer the best Instagram opportunities? RELATED: Six things you won’t expect on your […]
Celebrity Constellation switches Dubai for Tampa Bay for 2020/21 season
Celebrity Cruises has announced its intention to replace Celebrity Constellation’s planned 2020/21 Dubai cruise season with a series of Caribbean itineraries from Tampa Bay, Florida instead.
Top 5 types of cruises from Dubai in 2020
In 2020, some 269 cruise itineraries will feature Dubai as an embarkation port, the vast majority of them (207), will be using the city as a homeport for roundtrip cruises in the […]
Ponant Cruises to homeport brand new luxury explorer in Dubai for 2020/21
The luxury French cruise line Ponant Cruises will be homeporting in Dubai for the 2020/21 cruise season next year, basing its brand new explorer cruise ship Le Jacques-Cartier in the Arabian Gulf […]
Dubai Police launch Sail Safe app for cruise tourists visiting the city
Dubai Police have launched a new app exclusively for cruise tourists boarding cruise ships in the UAE or making port calls in Dubai on cruises to the country.