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Cape Town has seen significant growth in its tourism industry, with the support of its cruise tourism sector, but Durban has experienced only marginal growth, undermined by persistent load-shedding, health concerns regarding its beaches and damaged infrastructure.
Wesgro CEO Wrenelle Stander said cruise tourism had an annual economic impac… read more
The ultra-luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, has announced five new Grand Voyages as part of the line’s 2025/26 cruise collection, with two voyages featuring Africa and Arabia.
Four ships will cruise around the globe, sailing to nearly 200 ports on itineraries ranging up to 117 n… read more
The newest Viking ship, slated to set sail in Egypt later this year, has been floated out.
A traditional float-out ceremony was held April 4 for the Viking Aton at the Massara shipyard in Cairo, where it's preparing to move into the final stage of construction. Torstein Hagan, Viking's chairman and founder, along with Sayed Farouk, chairma… read more
MSC Cruises SA, the South African subsidiary of MSC Cruises, has launched an Easter deal for the local market on its cruises out of Cape Town and Durban for the coming 2023/24 cruise season.
Passengers booking a range of select cruises before May 8th this year will receive a free cabin upgrade, according to the cruise line, with all… read more
The luxury cruise line Silversea will cruise from Port Elizabeth for the first-time next year aboard Silver Cloud on a grand voyage through the Indian Ocean.
Silver Cloud will depart Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) on April 4th, 2024, on a 66-day itinerary visiting 45 destinations in 12 countries.
The announcement was … read more
Queen Mary 2 has arrived in Durban, South Africa, marking her first port call in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic, and providing a significant boost to local tourism revenue in the city as it attempts to recover from the economic disruption it caused.
The Cunard Line flagship called in Durban as part of her repositioning voya… read more
Swan Hellenic has announced its cultural expedition cruises of Africa for 2023 aboard SH Vega and SH Diana, which will sail nine different cultural expedition cruises between March and November 2023.
The two luxury expedition ships will cruise from a range of African ports, including Cape Town in South Africa, the cont… read more
Silversea Cruises and Meyer Werft have celebrated the keel laying of the second Nova-class ship, Silver Ray, on March 23rd, 2023. The keel laying marks the start of a ship’s assembly and comes after the steel cutting, which marked the start of construction.
The ship’s pre-built blocks will now be assembled in dry-dock and welded tog… read more
As the 2022/23 cruise season in South Africa draws to a close, MSC Cruises (the market leader in the local cruise sector), is already creating hype for the next season.
MSC Cruises says that its decision to deploy the larger MSC Splendida in Durban and Cape Town will “take cruising to the next level in South Africa”.
The cruise line … read more
The German cruise line Nicko Cruises will feature Cape Town in South Africa as a key turnaround port on the 183-day World Cruise aboard Vasco da Gama.
The ship, formerly Holland America Line’s Statendam and P& O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Eden, will sail an 86-day grand voyage from Cape Town to Sydney.
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Cape Town sees significant cruise tourism growth while Durban largely stagnates
Regent Seven Seas to sail to Arabia and Africa twice on 2025 Grand Voyages
Viking floats out its latest Nile River ship
MSC Cruises launches Easter deals for SA season out of Cape Town and Durban
Silversea to cruise from Port Elizabeth in South Africa for first time in 2024
Queen Mary 2 reaches South African shores for first time since pandemic
Swan Hellenic reveals 2023 cultural expedition cruises for Africa
Cape Town departure features on Nicko Cruises’ World Cruise
