Cruise
Please remember to register on this website, so we can send you your dose of travel news customized as per your requirements.
Mein Schiff 6 was the first cruise ship to arrive in Dubai for the current 2021/22 cruise season, which runs from October to March annually and is expected to see half a million cruise tourists visit the city.
While the arrival of Mein Schiff 6 was a welcome sign of the industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, many cha… read more
Travel Compositor launches the first version of its brand new cruise engine, on which it has been working for more than a year and in a joint venture with IST, which is one of the three companies in the world that have had access to join in the last few years to carry out the connection of multiple shipping companies, something that today… read more
Abu Dhabi cruise tourism officials have welcomed the start of the 2021/22 Arabian Gulf cruise season, which commenced this week with the arrival in Dubai of the first ship of the season, Mein Schiff 6 of TUI Cruises. Abu Dhabi is the second-busiest cruise port in the region for turnaround itineraries after Dubai, and will welcome more tha… read more
Costa Toscana has successfully passed all her sea trials and is now almost ready for delivery, with a second coin ceremony held onboard this week to mark her completion.
The second coin ceremony follows the completion of sea trials and means the ship is now all but ready to be handed over to Costa Cruises. When work first started on… read more
MSC Cruises South Africa, the local subsidiary of MSC Cruises, has confirmed that the Durban Cruise Terminal is in the final stages of completion.
The R300-million cruise terminal is expected to significantly boost the local cruise sector and will be up and running during MSC Orchestra’s coming cruise season out of Durban.
In … read more
After a long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mardi Gras has finally been christened in Port Canaveral, just a few months after she began carrying passengers for the first time. Mardi Gras was delivered to Carnival Cruise Line back in 2020, but she wasn’t able to enter service until July this year, and wasn’t able to be christen… read more
Celebrity Cruises will make its first call in Egypt in more than 10 years, when the Celebrity Apex visits Alexandria in 2023.
The Apex and its two Edge-class sisters will all be based in Europe in summer 2023, as they will be in summer 2022, along with four other Celebrity ships, continuing the line's focus on Europe in its u… read more
MSC Cruises has secured government approval to resume cruising from South Africa and will restart its cruise itineraries in the country on December 6th. MSC Cruises was forced to cancel its 2020/21 South African cruise season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has secured permission to sail this year’s season.
The approval from the S… read more
Royal Caribbean International is entering the world of world cruises with a bang: A 274-day sailing that the brand says is the longest of its kind.
Departing Dec. 10, 2023, on the Serenade of the Seas, the Ultimate World Cruise will visit seven continents and 65 countries before ending on Sept. 10, 2024.
According to Royal Car… read more
Oceania Cruises‘ European and North American voyages for 2023 aboard its seven-ship fleet will sail to 260 cruise destinations on 179 itineraries, including a Dubai departure and two Cape Town cruises.
Oceania Cruises will be featuring the Middle East and Africa on dozens of its 179 cruise itineraries for the 2023 cruis… read more
Dubai cruise sector set for strong rebound during 2021/22
Costa Toscana reaches penultimate construction milestone with sea trials
MSC Cruises South Africa confirms Durban Cruise Terminal almost complete
New Carnival mega-ship Mardi Gras finally christened in Port Canaveral
Celebrity Cruises returns to Egypt after a 10-year hiatus
Royal Caribbean to sail a world cruise in 2023
Oceania Cruises releases 2023 itineraries featuring Africa and Arabia
