Dubai Police have launched a campaign aimed at reminding cruise tourists about local culture, laws and services offered in the emirate.
Dubai Police launch campaign aimed at educating UAE cruise tourists about local customs
German cruise line Phoenix Reisen announce double billing for Dubai cruise market in 2019
Phoenix Reisen the leading luxury German cruise line are offering two cruises from Dubai in the 2019 cruise season, with two of its ships departing on two very different itineraries.
Seven Seas Navigator to cruise from Dubai in 2019 cruise season
Regent Seven Seas Cruises are sending their cruise ship Seven Seas Navigator back to the Middle East cruise market in 2019 with a 20-night Ancient Pyramids itinerary from Dubai to Rome.
MSC Sinfonia kicks off her last ever cruise season in South Africa
MSC Cruises’ intrepid little cruise liner MSC Sinfonia docked this week in Durban and began her 2017/18 summer cruise season out of South Africa.
Costa Cruises begins construction of Dubai-bound Costa Venezia with coin laying ceremony
Costa Cruises held the traditional coin ceremony for its new ship Costa Venezia at Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups. She will be the first Costa ship built and designed […]
Virgin Voyages reveal new details about first ship: name to be chosen by public, cruise line will be adult-only
Virgin Voyages says 86% of staterooms aboard Virgin 1, their first newbuild for the cruise line, will have an ‘ocean terrace’ while 93% of cabins will be oceanview. Virgin Voyages will achieve […]
Dubai’s ‘Cruise Arabia’ alliance undertakes further cruise roadshows in India
Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing has undertaken a number of road shows across India in an effort to encourage more Indians to take Arabian Gulf cruises from Dubai.
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines cancels initial Madagascar port calls due to plague outbreak
Due to the Bubonic Plague outbreak, Fred Olsen Cruise Line’s ship Boudicca, currently sailing from Liverpool to Port Louis in Mauritius will no longer be calling at any Madagascan ports, the cruise […]
South Africa and Indian Ocean cruise hotspots could be ravaged by Plague from Madagascar
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has told South Africa and eight other countries to prepare for an outbreak of the Black Death (plague), which has currently infected more than 1,000 people in […]
Dubai targets cruise lines at Seatrade Europe as they prepare 2019 winter cruise season itineraries
The tourism authorities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain exhibited together at the recent Seatrade Europe event in Hamburg, Germany, where they showcased the UAE and Bahrain as ideal winter cruise destinations.
