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TUI to sail from UAE to Greece during tail-end of 2023/24 cruise season

By Shaun Ebelthite on February 22, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

TUI Cruises is offering a 15-night Dubai to Greece cruise aboard Mein Schiff 5 in May, 2024, at the tail-end of the 2023/24 cruise season.

TUI to sail one-off 2022 Dubai to Singapore voyage aboard Mein Schiff 5

By Shaun Ebelthite on October 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

TUI Cruises are joining a host of other major cruise lines in sailing a Dubai to Singapore voyage during 2022.

TUI Cruises cancels Dubai cruises aboard Mein Schiff 5 due to Asia pull out

By Shaun Ebelthite on September 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

TUI Cruises has suspended Mein Schiff 5’s cruise season in Asia due to ongoing travel restrictions for multiple countries the ship was due to cruise to, and her Dubai cruise for 2021 […]

Dubai rains on cruise passengers’ parade as unstable weather affects shore excursions

By Shaun Ebelthite on December 10, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Three ships were in port in Dubai Tuesday, but unstable weather affected shore excursions for a number of the 6,000 or so passengers disembarking at Dubai Cruise Terminal.

Cruise tourists find Dubai Mall flooded as heavy rains lash Dubai during port call

By Shaun Ebelthite on November 10, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Passengers sailing aboard Mein Schiff 5 and Silver Spirit on cruises from Dubai found one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions, Dubai Mall, suffering flooding on Sunday as heavy rains lashed the […]

Bahrain says cruise port ready as Dubai boom impacts its tourism numbers

By Shaun Ebelthite on November 7, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

For the first time ever, Bahrain will welcome more than 120,000 cruise tourists to the Arabian Gulf island nation, benefiting from the ongoing boom in the Dubai cruise sector.

New cruise terminal in Doha inaugurated by TUI’s Mein Schiff 5

By Shaun Ebelthite on October 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Qatar’s Doha Port has opened its new cruise terminal ahead of the 2019/2020 cruise season in the Arabian Gulf, which will be the biggest on-record thanks to the plethora of cruise ships […]

TUI Cruises deploying Mein Schiff 5 in Dubai for 2019/2020 cruise season

By Shaun Ebelthite on October 2, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

German cruise line TUI are homeporting Mein Schiff 5 in Dubai for the 2019/2020 cruise season, replacing Mein Schiff 4, which is cruising roundtrip from Dubai between November, 2018 and March, 2019.

Best roundtrip Dubai cruises in 2019/2020 season

By Shaun Ebelthite on September 27, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

For the first time ever, eight cruise lines will be homeporting nine cruise ships in Dubai for the 2019/2020 winter cruise season that runs from November to March annually.