Bahrain surges in popularity among touristsBahrain has grown in popularity among cruise tourists, said a top industry official, adding that some were initially apprehensive about exploring the country, but the hospitality of its people has helped put it back on the map. &q More… |
Jotun launches first resilient antifouling paintJotun, a leading Norway-based global producer and distributor of paints and coatings, has launched SeaLion Resilient, a high performance marine coating based on epoxy-polysiloxane technology. The industry’s first anti-foulin More… |
Waterborne tourism focus for forumMaritime industry experts will address issues related to cruise and marina development at a key forum in Abu Dhabi next month. Global industry leaders, waterborne tourism experts and port operat More… |
Queen Mary 2 to make debut UAE callThe Dh3.2billion ($880 million) Queen Mary 2 – the most expensive ocean liner ever built and the luxury flagship of the Cunard Line - will make her maiden Abu Dhabi call at the Mina Zayed cruise terminal later this month. More… |
Bahrain sees record cruise touristsNearly 40,000 people have visited Bahrain since the start of the cruise tourism season, ploughing around BD2.2 million ($5.8 million) into the economy, said top tourism officials. The cruise tourism season runs from November to March an More… |
Bahrain’s taxi drivers 'ripping off tourists'Taxi drivers in Bahrain have been slammed for trying to rip off cruise tourists by offering them sightseeing tours of the kingdom at exorbitant sums of money. Some of the 2,500 tourists who arrived on the luxury vessel Aida Blu th More… |
Bahrain eyes 70,000 cruise touristsBahrain is expecting more than 70,000 tourists as five major cruise ships will dock here this season. The first group of more than 2,500 visitors arrived in the country yesterday. Tourists yesterday gave Bahrain the thumbs up as t More… |
Abu Dhabi cruise arrivals to increase 19pcThis week’s maiden arrival of the 57,000 T "Costa neoRomantica" into Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed will herald the start of a buoyant cruise season for the UAE capital which will see its arrivals grow 19 per cent over last season, More… |
Royal Caribbean 'to end Dubai cruises'Royal Caribbean, a leading global cruise ship operator, plans to end Middle East cruises out of Dubai after this winter, according to a report in Seatrade Cruise Review. It said Royal Caribbean& More… |
DTCM explores ways to promote DubaiThe Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) organised a joint meeting of the Tourism and Hospital Liaison Group recently to discuss tourism market trends and explore ways to promote Dubai in overseas markets. The meeting More… |








