Thomson Cruises to Base Cruise Ship in Dubai
The 1,254-passenger Thomson Celebration will offer two seven-night itineraries from December 2016. Cruises will go on sale in November 2015. (cruisecritic.com)
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QE2 cruise ship “left to rot” after being sold to Dubai
A campaign group has claimed that iconic ocean liner the QE2 has been “left to rot” in Dubai after she left the UK in 2008 for her new home at the UAE state’s Port Rashid. (travel.aol.co.uk)
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Dubai’s cruise port Mina Rashid has been voted the best Middle East cruise port at the World Travel Awards
Dubai’s cruise port Mina Rashid has been voted the best Middle East cruise port at the World Travel Awards, held in Dubai, for the eight consecutive year. (cruisearabiaonline.com)
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Exclusive: Tour of QE2 in Dubai with latest pictures
Cruise Arabia & Africa is given rare access to Cunard’s former flagship Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in the Dubai shipyard where she has for the past year lay in a state of limbo, her hallowed decks deserted, her magnificent public rooms frozen in time.
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Abu Dhabi Wraps Up 2014-2015 Season with Regent Call
The last ship of the 2014/2015 cruise season has called at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi. The Regent Seven Seas Voyager closed out the season with its final call on May 2. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Zayed Port Welcomes the Queen Elizabeth
Abu Dhabi Ports greeted the Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in Zayed Port with a traditional Emirati welcome, to mark the second Cunard cruise ship of the season and Cunard’s 175th anniversary. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Dubai Reports Increase in Visitors
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has released figures showing 1,629,578 hotel guests in 2014, 5.6 percent increase on 2013. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Abu Dhabi’s new cruise terminal to open by end-2015
The second phase of construction work on a new permanent cruise tourism terminal building in Abu Dhabi has just begun, it was announced on Monday. (arabianbusiness.com)
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Dubai breaks through in the cruise market
This Friday, January 30, Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 embarks upon its 2015 world tour. The ship is departing from Mina Rashid, the Dubai port that has emerged in recent years as a key international cruise hub. (canoe.ca)
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Sharjah to ride the cruise wave
Sharjah is becoming an increasingly visited emirate. Not only from those passing along Mohammed bin Zayed Road but those arriving along the coast of the Arabian Sea or the Gulf of Oman – cruise passengers. (thenational.ae)
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