TUI Cruises debuts in the region
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TUI Cruises made its debut in the region with the maiden call of its cruise ship Mein Schiff 2.
The ship, which when translated means ‘My Ship’ docked into Dubai on 3 November 2012. Dubai will be the home port of the ship this 2012 -13 season.
In this season, the TUI Cruises’s luxury cruise ship will set sail from Dubai up to 17 March, 2013 on a total of twenty cruises throughout the Arabian Gulf. DTCM in collaboration with TUI Cruises arranged for a grand welcome ceremony to commemorate the inaugural call of the ship at the Dubai Cruise Terminals in Mina Rashid.
Hamad M Bin Mejren, executive director of business tourism of the DTCM said: “The continual investment of the Government of Dubai in its infrastructure has resulted in Dubai emerging as a destination of choice for cruise tourism in the Middle East.”
The century-class cruise ship has a capacity to carry 1,900 passengers and about 800 crew. The passenger throughput of the cruise liner’s calls to Dubai is expected to exceed 70,000 passengers for this season.