Crystal Cruises has replaced a set of itineraries aboard Crystal Symphony that were scheduled to sail through the Red Sea in late 2024 and early 2025, due to ongoing security concerns in […]
AD Ports Group, the UAE-based port operations and logistics company, has signed a concession agreement with the Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) to develop, operate and manage three cruise terminals in Safaga, […]
MSC Cruises was one of the first cruise lines to cancel repositioning voyages to and from Dubai, and reroute its cruise ships around Africa instead of the through the Red Sea and […]
Cruise Saudi, the parent company of AROYA Cruises, Saudi Arabia’s and the Arab world’s first-ever domestic cruise line, has been granted a license to operate by the Saudi Red Sea Authority.
AROYA Cruises has opened bookings for its inaugural season in the Red Sea out of Jeddah, with an early booking deal allowing 3rd and 4th guests to sail free.
Costa Cruises has cancelled a repositioning cruise from Europe to Dubai aboard Costa Smeralda due to ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.
Cruise deployment to the Middle East is down by around 30% due to the ongoing security crisis in the Red Sea, but cruise tourism officials at Arabian Travel Market in Dubai expressed […]
Princess Cruises’ has released the itinerary for its 2026 World Cruise aboard Coral Princess, with the cruise line entirely skipping the Middle East for the first time.
Princess Cruises has amended the itineraries for its two 2025 World Cruises amid the ongoing security crisis in the Red Sea, with new port calls in Africa and Europe instead of the […]
Marella Cruises has cancelled the entirety of its Asia cruise season for 2024/25, as well as its repositioning cruises to and from the region via the Middle East, due to ongoing security […]
Emerald Cruises has ordered a third cruising mega-yacht from a shipyard in Vietnam, with the new vessel set to join the 2022-built Emerald Azzurra and the 2023-built Emerald Sakara.
Holland America Line has amended the planned itinerary for its 2025 Grand World Voyage aboard Zuiderdam to avoid the ongoing securiy crisis in the Red Sea.
The Saudi Arabian cruise line, Aroya Cruise, the first homegrown cruise line in the Arab world, will not launch in May this year as planned.
The German cruise operator Plantours Cruises will be the first cruise line to brave the Red Sea since the security crisis in the region began, with its cruise ship Hamburg planning a […]
MSC Poesia, currently sailing its 121-day 2024 World Cruise program for MSC Cruises, will cancel planned port calls in the Middle East on the back of security concerns in Red Sea.
Virgin Voyages has cancelled its 2024/25 Australian cruise season, along with its two scheduled cruises from Dubai on the outward and inward repositioning cruises, due to security concerns in the Red Sea.
Norwegian Cruise Line has cancelled several cruises aboard Norwegian Sky in late 2024 due to the ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.
Passengers sailing Cunard Line’s World Cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 have spoken out against the line’s decision to re-route the ship via South Africa, a destination already visited on the World Cruise, […]
Crystal Cruises has cancelled its Chairman’s Cruise aboard Crystal Symphony from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Rhodes, Greece on April 2nd, 2024, along with the March 27th departure from Mumbai, India.
Silversea Cruises has cancelled two additional itineraries that were due to sail via the Middle East this year on the back of ongoing security concerns in the Red Sea.
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