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• 03/06/2021 22:29

Silversea continues to lead restart of ultra-luxury cruising

Silversea Cruises, the first cruise line to return to global ultra-luxury cruising with voyages in Greece and the Galápagos from June, has announced new summer voyages in Alaska and Iceland, starting in July 2021. With the passage of the U.S. Alaska Tourism Restoration Act, which enables cruises to Alaska without required stops in … read more

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• 03/06/2021 05:30

MSC Cruises releases full itineraries for MSC Magnifica season in Saudi Arabia

MSC Cruises has released the full season cruise itineraries for MSC Magnifica’s maiden homeport program in the Red Sea out of Jeddah. MSC Magnifica will cruise roundtrip from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between November, 2021 and March, 2022, visiting three Saudi ports, as well as Egypt and Jordan on each 7-night voyage.

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• 01/06/2021 05:19

Second-largest class of cruise ship in the world to homeport in Dubai in 2022

MSC Cruises new World-class cruise ship, MSC World Europa, will homeport in Dubai for the winter 2022/23 cruise season, sailing roundtrip in the Arabian Gulf. Five times the size of Titanic and carrying three times as many passengers, MSC World Europa will be the largest cruise ship ever to spend a season in the Middle East.… read more

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• 31/05/2021 18:54

MSC Cruises aims for half of Red Sea cruise passengers to be Saudi Arabian

MSC Cruises is predicting strong domestic interest in its new cruise itineraries sailing in the Red Sea from Jeddah, with up to half of passengers expected to be from the country. Saudi Arabians are a key market sector being targeted by MSC Cruises for its upcoming cruise season out of Jeddah, reports Arab News.

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• 31/05/2021 05:40

Costa Cruises switches Costa Pacifica with Costa Firenze for 2021 Dubai cruise season

Costa Cruises has replaced Costa Pacifica with Costa Firenze on the schedule for its upcoming 2021 winter cruise season in the Arabian Gulf. Instead of homeporting Costa Pacifica in Dubai for the winter cruise season, Costa Cruises will instead deploy its newer, larger cruise ship Costa Firenze.

Costa Firenze, designed… read more

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• 28/05/2021 05:41

Norwegian Cruise Line announces plans to put eight ships back into service in 2021

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced plans for eight additional ships to resumes cruises from September, 2021, but these vessels will be operating from the United States. The announcement marks the first time Norwegian Cruise Line has announced a plan for the resumption of cruises from the US in addition to other regions.

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• 27/05/2021 21:24

Holland America extends Mediterranean season aboard Eurodam for 2021

Holland America Line has extended Eurodam’s Mediterranean cruise season this summer, with the ship now due to assume the previously scheduled cruises on Westerdam from September 12th through to its October30 transatlantic departure. Eurodam will sail her four already announced Greek cruises this summer, before taking over Westerdam… read more

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• 21/05/2021 21:01

Princess Cruises introduces Dine My Way for convenient and contactless dining

Princess Cruises has unveiled Dine My Way, another flexible MedallionClass enhancement that makes it easy for guests to pre-plan and tailor their dining experiences, and pairs with the revolutionary OceanNow  on demand service to offer the ultimate in onboard dining flexibility and convenience.

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• 21/05/2021 04:46

New Carnival cruise ship Mardi Gras ramps up for US cruise restart from Florida

Carnival Cruise Line has reflagged Mardi Gras from Panama to the Bahamas and will soon reposition her from Barcelona to Port Canaveral ahead of an anticipated reopening of the US cruise sector this summer. Mardi Gras will depart Barcelona on Friday, sailing a trans-Atlantic cruise to Florida without any passengers. Ahead of her rep… read more

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• 19/05/2021 19:42

AIDA Cruises confirms AIDAnova for Dubai 2021/22 cruise season

Just days after it appeared to drop its 2021/22 Dubai cruise season for AIDAcosma, AIDA Cruises has confirmed that it will instead be deploying her sister ship AIDAnova in the region.

AIDAnova, which at the time of her launch in 2018 was the world’s first LNG-fueled cruise ship, will homeport in Dubai, cruising roundtrip from the ci… read more