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The global cruise industry shutdown last year may have been a welcome reprieve for Cape Town, giving the city time to catch up with the immense demand its cruise sector has experienced in recent years. While Cape Town continues to actively market the city as a global cruise destination, officials admit that the year-on-year demand that ha… read more
Dubai’s Port Rashid, the primary cruise port in the Middle East, has proved itself once more at the World Travel Awards, winning the Middle East’s Leading Cruise Port for the 14th consecutive year. Dubai has been the most popular cruise destination in the Middle East for more than a decade, while its cruise port, Mina Rashid, has been dominating… read more
Royal Caribbean International has officially named Odyssey of the Seas, marking her commissioning into the fleet amid her inaugural cruise season to the Caribbean out of Port Everglades. Odyssey of the Seas was named in Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, just a few months after she commenced her inaugural cruise season o… read more
Seabourn has released a new selection of Seabourn Journeys in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, featuring pre- and post-voyage land-based packages in exotic destination as an extension of the Seabourn voyage. The new Seabourn Journeys for 2022 and 2023 feature Istanbul and Jerusalem, as well as iconic cities and landmarks across Europe an… read more
Silversea has revealed its speaker line-up for next year’s 138-day World Cruise aboard Silver Whisper, departing Fort Lauderdale on January 5th, 2022, and arriving in Copenhagen on May 22nd, 2022. Silver Whisper’s 2022 World Cruise will visit 69 destinations in 32 countries, including South Africa and several destinations in the Middle Ea… read more
Celebrity Cruises continued to 'Journey WonderFULL', with the two latest ships to return to service, Celebrity Reflection and Celebrity Constellation, setting sail from Fort Lauderdale and Tampa Bay, respectively, and capping a busy year which saw the new-luxury brand lead the industry back to service in the U.S. following a 15-month hiat… read more
Cruise lines homeporting in Dubai for the 2021/22 Arabian Gulf cruise season are scheduled to spend more time in port so that passengers can visit the Expo 2020. Expo 2020 Dubai is the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East and offers a unique shore excursion option for passengers on roundtrip Arabian Gulf cruises.
The Expo 2020 Du… read more
Royal Caribbean Cruises, the parent company of Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Silversea and TUI has announced that all new ship deliveries will be pushed back.
The Royal Caribbean group has 14 ships under construction or on order, with 11 of them now planned for delivery a year later than initially planned.
Only th… read more
Wonder of the Seas has finally left the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard and is on her way to Marseilles in France, where she will receive the final touches before delivery to Royal Caribbean. Although some final fit and finish work still needs to be done on the ship, Royal Caribbean has accepted delivery of her from the shipyard… read more
Celebrity Cruises has official named and christened its new Edge-class cruise ship Celebrity Apex, several months after taking delivery, due to the disruption caused by the pandemic. Celebrity Apex was christened in Ft. Lauderdale’s Port Everglades by her Godmother, Reshma Saujani, Celebrity Cruises executives and local tourism and… read more
Cape Town cruise demand has grown faster than officials can manage
Royal Caribbean holds naming ceremony for Odyssey of the Seas
Seabourn expands Journeys collection for 2022/23 to Istanbul and Jerusalem
Silversea announces speakers for 2022 World Cruise via South Africa and Arabia
Celebrity Cruises continues its "Journey WonderFULL"
