Travel leaders will meet aboard Crystal Serenity to discuss Middle East recovery during a Suez Canal transit in May.
World Travel & Tourism Council Suez Canal cruise to focus on Middle East recovery
Cruise lines: African repositioning via Cape Town not a viable Suez Canal alternative
As instability persists in the Red Sea, cruise lines are absorbing losses by avoiding the Suez Canal and sailing without passengers via South Africa—raising questions about the long-term viability of rerouting and […]
Seabourn cancels 2025 Asia to Europe cruises aboard Encore over Red Sea concerns
The luxury cruise line Seabourn has modified the spring 2025 itineraries for Seabourn Encore to avoid the Red Sea due to ongoing security concerns, and instead cruise from Asia for Europe via Japan, Hawaii, the Panama Canal and […]
Cruise lines monitor Red Sea shipping attacks ahead of Spring itineraries
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen-based Houthi insurgents are causing major disruption to world trade, and forcing cruise lines to re-work itineraries to avoid the area.
Egypt to charge cruise ships in US dollars as currency crisis persists
Facing a protracted currency crisis as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, Egypt has announced that effective immediately it will begin charging foreign cruise ships frequenting Egyptian ports […]
Silversea to transit Suez Canal six times in 2024/25, with port calls in Saudi
Silversea Cruises will offer six cruises through the Suez Canal in 2024 and 2025, with inaugral port calls to Saudi Arabia and expeditions to newly-unlocked UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
P&O Cruises’ Arcadia to offer ocean liner-esque cruise from Dubai to Southampton in 2020
P&O Cruises’ 19-night cruise from Dubai to Southampton on March 24th, 2020 is a taste of what ocean liner voyages between Australia and Britain must have been like in the 19th and […]
Newly-refurbished Silver Spirit will cruise from Dubai to Greece in 2020
Silver Spirit was cut in half, lengthened, and completely overhauled to bring her up-to-date with Silversea’s new cruise ships Silver Muse and Silver Moon, and now she’s going to be cruising from […]
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