Genting Hong Kong has signed an order for ten ships with the Lloyd Werft Group, comprising of two mega cruise ships for Star Cruises and eight vessels for Crystal Cruises. The signing ceremony was attended by Uwe Beckmeyer, State Secretary of Maritime Affairs, Erwin Sellering,…

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has announced the opening of the company’s first two offices in India and has appointed a dedicated local team to drive forward the regional growth for the company’s three brands – the contemporary freestyle cruising brand, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL),…

TIRUN Travel Marketing, India Representative of Royal Caribbean Cruises, today confirmed that plans were underway to welcome Mariner of the Seas, the largest and most innovative cruise ship to be based in Asia. At 138,000 gross registered tons (GRT) and stretching more than a thousand…

The India cruise market is estimated at 100,000 guests per annum and is expected to grow to about three lakhs in the next five years as cruise ships become more accessible and packages become affordable to customers, said Gavin Smith, Regional Vice President – Asia…

SuperStar Virgo recently arrived at Kaohsiung on the first call of its Hong Kong deployment this year, with more than 1,600 passengers from Hong Kong, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Korea.To celebrate this landmark deployment, Michael Goh, Senior Vice President…

Royal Caribbean International announced its year-round deployment in Singapore for the first time from 2015, starting with its ship Legend of the Seas in the summer season and followed by Mariner of the Seas in the year-end. Ratna Chadha, Chief Executive, TIRUN Travel Marketing- India…

Travel Tours Group announced the launch of Port-O-Call, an exclusive dedicated cruise lounge in Bengaluru. This cruise lounge caters to the discerning travellers appetite, providing them the opportunity to choose from over 50 cruise liners and over 425 cruise ships operating across the globe, and…

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has announced the newest addition to their collection of boutique river cruises and tours—“India’s Golden Triangle & the Sacred Ganges” from New Delhi to Kolkata—set to debut in January 2016. The 12-night itinerary includes seven nights aboard the new all-suite Ganges…

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL) has announced the deployment of Celebrity Constellation at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal on a homeport basis from November 2016.The move follows extensive negotiations between Celebrity Cruises, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu…

Dubai Cruise Tourism, part of Dubai Tourism, has begun a four city roadshow in India as part of its overall strategy to promote the city’s strengths as a growing international hub for cruise tourism.Beginning in New Delhi, the delegation from Dubai Cruise Tourism travelled to…

Dubai Cruise Tourism, part of Dubai Tourism, recently organised a four city roadshow in India as part of its overall strategy to promote the city’s strengths as a growing international hub for cruise tourism. During the roadshow in Delhi, Hamad bin Mejrin, Executive Director, Dubai…

Singapore Tourism Board (STB) launched the first ‘India Cruise Forum’ to provide an occasion to the travel industry to better understand the latest trends, opportunities and nuances of the Indian cruise market. The forum featured discussions on the evolving and dynamic cruise industry in the…

Dubai Cruise Tourism recently announced that Dubai’s cruise season saw its busiest month so far in January 2015. The cruise terminals in Mina Rashid welcomed over 30 ship calls, bringing over 150,000 cruise tourists to the emirate in just one month, including 26 hub ship…

Infiniti Live-aboard has successfully completed two year of operations in the Andaman Islands and is now into its third year. A special achievement of the year was successful classing and certification under IRS1 which makes the Infiniti the first-ever pleasure-craft to be permanently registered under…

While the inbound cruise business still seems to be a distant dream, it is the outbound cruise business that remains one of the most interesting and fast paced leisure travel businesses in the wide spectrum of offerings. Players in the industry believe that there is…