Middle East & Africa

MSC Cruises is offering a fly-cruise package for MSC Bellissima’s seven-night Red Sea sailings with the option available to travel from various international airports to Jeddah, owing to an agreement signed today between the line and SAUDIA.

Saudi Arabia has the potential to become more than just the newest destination on the world cruise map but also an important regional hub for the industry, Fawaz Farooqui, managing director at Cruise Saudi told an audience at the World Travel...

MSC Bellissima’s winter itinerary round-trip from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, now includes the Saudi ports King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) and Yanbu, then Aqaba in Jordan.

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that South Africa is moving to adjusted alert level 1, and that cruise tourism to the country can resume as of this month, Cruise Cape Town is expecting to welcome 32 cruise ships this season...

Cruise Saudi is working to develop further opportunities for people across Saudi Arabia by helping coordinate the introduction of training programs in the field of tourism and travel.

Scenic Eclipse will ‘definitely not’ return to Saudi Arabia for the next two years, said Scenic’s Glen Moroney, but would if it were not for the vessel’s confirmed schedules elsewhere, though ‘one of the Eclipses will be [in the Red Sea] at some...

A banqueting option in all Scenic Eclipse restaurants plus further dining and leisure options were made available during the ship’s summer Red Sea sailings, according to Vitor Alves, director hotel operations, Scenic.