Cruise ships are floating cities, even the smaller cruise ships have entire worlds hidden behind ‘Authorised Access Only’ doors that passengers will never see, while all cruise lines have policies and facilities […]
Cruise Lifestyle: Five things you didn’t know about your cruise ship
Cruise Lifestyle: How to get a free cabin upgrade
The cabin upgrade, like getting an upgrade on an airline, this is the holy grail of bragging rights in the cruise experience and regular cruise passengers have a number of theories of […]
SHIP REVIEW: Cunard’s QE2 in her current state in Dubai
Cruise Arabia & Africa was recently given unprecedented access to the most famous ship in the world and allowed to photograph her from stem to stern in the early hours of a stifling summer morning in Dubai.
Cruise Industry: First peak at features aboard new Virgin Voyages line
Virgin Cruises is expected to launch in 2019 and Sir Richard Branson, the tycoon behind the Virgin Group, has previously indicated that the cruise line would be launched with new tonnage, but until now we’ve had no indication of what these new cruise ships will look like, or the on-board facilities and amenities they’ll feature.
MSC Cruises confirm dates for MSC Sinfonia’s 2016/17 South Africa cruise season with few surprises
MSC Cruises have confirmed to Cruise Arabia & Africa that MSC Sinfonia will be returned to the South African cruise market in November, 2016, cruising roundtrip out of Durban and Cape Town […]
MSC Cruises confirm South African among the 12 injured and a further 9 dead in Tunisia terror attack
MSC Cruises this morning informed Cruise Arabia & Africa that a South African passenger is among the 12 people wounded in the terror attacks at the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia on […]
Costa Fascinosa, MSC Splendida depart Tunis after terrorist attack kills 17 passengers on both ships
MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises have both confirmed to Cruise Arabia & Africa that their cruise ships MSC Splendida and Costa Fascinosa have departed the port of La Goulette in Tunis, Tunisia, […]
Cruise Industry: Inside MSC Cruises’ reaction to the Tunis terror attacks
Just hours after the tragic events, MSC Cruises’ Crisis Team reached the ship in Tunis and set to work providing assistance and support to guests directly impacted by the attacks.
MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises drop Tunisia after terror attack on cruise passengers
As was expected by Cruise Arabia & Africa and no doubt feared by those in the tourism industry in Tunisia, major cruise lines have begun to drop all Tunisian port calls from […]
MSC Cruises’ new MSC Seaside will be based out of Miami sailing year round Caribbean itineraries
MSC Cruises have announced that the first of its next generation “Seaside” class of ships, which is due to enter service in November 2017, will be named MSC Seaside and will sail […]
