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The emirate of Dubai, turning into a major hub for cruise tourism, is to receive 157 cruise ships during the current season 2016-2017 which started last October and will continue until next April. (khaleejtimes.com)
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Ports across Arabia are busy building and upgrading their facilities as passengers arrive in search of winter sun. Rebecca Lambert speaks with members of the Cruise Arabia Alliance to find out more. (cruiseandferry.net)
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Celebrity Constellation, a luxury vessel from one of the world’s biggest cruise operators, is the first ship to make the UAE capital its home. The vessel is one of three cruise departures originating from Abu Dhabi in the 2016/17 season, which also sees the highest number of new callers and the highest recorded number of regional rotational callers. (khaleejtimes.com)
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Hala Abu Dhabi, the destination management company of the Etihad Aviation Group (EAG), has been selected as the exclusive shore excursions and activities provider for Sir Bani Yas Island and Beach Oasis, the latest cruise destination stop in the UAE for the 2016/2017 season. (etbtravelnews.com)
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Costa Cruises has announced important news for its 2016/2017 winter season in the UAE: the Italian cruise company is enhancing its “Jewels of the Emirates” itinerary, with weekly departures out of Dubai from December 16, 2016 through March 17, 2017. (more…)
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Abu Dhabi Ports has experienced increases of 16 percent in passenger numbers and 20 percent in vessel calls, it has announced. (arabianbusiness.com)
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Dubai is targeting one million cruise passengers to visit the emirate per year by 2020, according to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and CEO of DP World and chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation. (arabianbusiness.com)
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As part of an Asia cruise on the Europa 2 in March/April 2016, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is introducing two exciting highlights for fans of both motor sports and wine: the shore excursions programme includes a trip to the Formula 1 race in the Kingdom of Bahrain. (more…)
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MSC Cruises took part in the inauguration of the new cruise terminal at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, over the weekend, officially marking the beginning of the winter 2015/2016 season for the MSC Musica. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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A new cruise terminal will open at Mina Zayed on Sunday as part of the emirate’s goal to boost its tourist arrival numbers. (thenational.ae)
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On Monday, the AIDAstella became the first cruise ship of the Costa Group to dock at the newly constructed Cruise Terminal in Mina Zayed. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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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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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, held in Dubai, for the eight consecutive year. (cruisearabiaonline.com)
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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