Cruise Saudi Acquires “World Dream” Cruise Ship
According to a media report in the Saudi Gazette, Cruise Saudi is the buyer of the “World Dream” following the Singapore Sherrif’s auction in late 2022. (more…)
Posted in: News
World Dream sold at auction to undisclosed buyer
World Dream, the last vessel of the collapsed Genting Hong Kong group, has been sold at an auction in Singapore to an undisclosed buyer, media reports say. (more…)
Posted in: News
Disney’s partially completed cruise ship purchase was reportedly acquired at a bargain price
Further details are now surfacing around Disney’s recent acquisition of a partially completed ship to join the Disney Cruise Line Fleet. (more…)
Posted in: News
World Dream Cruise Ship Heading to Auction
How much is a 2016-built megaship worth? The world is about to find out as the World Dream is heading to auction via the Singapore Sheriff following the demise of Genting Cruise Lines earlier this year. (more…)
Posted in: News
Disney Cruise Line Announces Acquisition of Ship with Plans to Visit New Markets. Announces acquisition of partially completed Global Dream
Disney announced the acquisition of a partially completed ship that will bring the magic of a Disney Cruise Line vacation to new global destinations. (more…)
Posted in: News
Disney Negotiating to Buy Genting’s Largest Cruise Ship “Global Dream”
The team overseeing the resolution of the bankruptcy of Genting Hong Kong confirmed that a court in Bermuda has ordered the liquidation of the company’s remaining assets to proceed. (more…)
Posted in: News
Disney Could Be Interested in 9,000-Passenger Global Dream Cruise Ship
After much uncertainty over the last months about what would happen with the largest cruise ship by passenger volume in history, there seems to be a buyer for Global Dream after all. (more…)
Posted in: News
From record-setter to rubbish: World’s biggest cruise ship to be scrapped without sailing a single voyage
An unnamed cruise vessel of nearly record proportions that has been under construction in Germany for an Asia-focused cruise line will be scrapped before sailing a single voyage, according to German shipping magazine anBord. (more…)
Posted in: News
Genting Dream making comeback on June 15 under tycoon Lim Kok Thay’s new cruise brand
A new cruise line owned by Malaysian tycoon Lim Kok Thay will set sail from its home port Singapore on June 15. (more…)
Posted in: News
New Cruise Line “Resorts World Cruises” Debuts in Singapore with Genting Dream on 15 June 2022, introducing a new, exciting and personalised cruising lifestyle for all
Resorts World Cruises, a new Asian luxury and dynamic lifestyle cruise brand will have its global debut in Singapore on 15 June 2022 with the Genting Dream. (more…)
Posted in: News
V.Ships Leisure Takes Over Management of “Explorer Dream”
V.Ships Leisure is now managing the full Dream Cruises fleet, having assumed full management responsibilities of the 1999-built “Explorer Dream” on Friday. The company had already taken over management of the “Genting Dream” and “World Dream”, in addition to the “Crystal Serenity”, “Crystal Symphony” and “Crystal Endeavor”. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Posted in: News
Genting’s Cruise Ship Ambitions Reborn through Resorts World Cruises
Genting Hong Kong had to make a quick exit from the cruise ship business earlier this year over financial troubles. Now, Genting Group, its parent company and the operator of casinos around the world, apparently isn’t ready to give up its dreams. (more…)
Posted in: News
Genting Fleet Locations – April 2022
Waiting for their fates, the Genting Cruise Lines fleet is laid up in North America, Europe and Assia. Cruise Industry News has tracked down the location and status of every oceangoing ship of Genting’s three cruise brands. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Posted in: News
Genting’s Global Dream, the unfinished world’s biggest cruise ship, is up for sale
The sale of Genting Hong Kong’s unfinished mega-liner Global Dream has already lured plenty of potential buyers, including billionaire ex-Genting boss Lim Kook Thay. (more…)
Posted in: News
End of the dream as Genting flagship arrested in Singapore
The slow demise of Genting Hong Kong became more ignominious this week when KfW IPEX-Bank arrested the returning World Dream in Singapore. (hongkongmaritimehub.com)
Posted in: News
Dream Cruises to Suspend Singapore Sailings
The final ship operating for Genting Cruise Lines will stop cruising on March 2 as the World Dream’s operations will be suspended according to Singapore Cruise Society, which cited “challenging circumstances.” (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Posted in: News
‘Global Dream’ turns into nightmare for German port town
The unfinished “Global Dream” rests quietly in a dock as the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the cruise ship into a nightmare for the shipyard in Wismar along Germany’s windswept Baltic coast. (thelocal.de)
Posted in: News
Genting Hong Kong subsidiary Dream Cruises files for winding up of company
Genting Hong Kong continues to sail into troubled waters with the company announcing that its Dream Cruises subsidiary has filed a petition for the winding up of the company. (asgam.com)
Posted in: News
A Look at the Genting Fleet for Crystal, Dream and Star Cruises
Genting Hong Kong currently has three ships in its Crystal Cruises ocean-going fleet, three ships (and two on order) in the Dream Cruises fleet, and four ships in the Star Cruises fleet. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Posted in: News
Dream Cruises Booking Engine Goes Offline
Dream Cruises appeared to have taken its booking engine offline as of Saturday morning as no future sailings were listed or bookable. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Posted in: News
