Emirates and Costa Cruises have renewed their partnership via 2027, additional positioning Dubai as a serious international cruise hub.
Introduced at ITB Berlin, the renewed partnership builds on 20 years of profitable collaboration, uniting each the airline and cruise firm’s experience to raise the passenger journey whereas additional growing Dubai’s proposition as a premier cruise vacation spot with built-in, seamless connectivity throughout air, land and sea touchpoints.
Emirates and Costa Cruises will collaborate on joint advertising efforts, harmonised flight scheduling, and devoted capability within the type of ‘cruise blocks’ with the provision of snug flights for cruise passengers to satisfy demand from key markets throughout the airline’s community the place doable.
To ship an distinctive expertise at each buyer touchpoint, the partnership will concentrate on sharing related information and insights to enhance service supply, in addition to dedicating help groups for cruise passengers to facilitate a clean check-in course of at Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal. Each events can even work carefully on enhanced transport options between Dubai Worldwide Airport and Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal.
Emirates and Costa Cruises can even discover alternatives to broaden their partnership past Dubai, which incorporates areas within the Costa Cruises community like Central and South America, the Far East and Southeast Asia.
The MoU was signed by Nabil Sultan, Emirates Airline; and Daniel Caprile, Costa Cruises.
Adnan Kazim, Deputy President and Chief Industrial Officer, Emirates Airline stated: “Costa Cruises’ dedication to Dubai stands as a testomony to our shared imaginative and prescient of strengthening its place because the preeminent gateway for winter cruising. For Emirates, the cruise traveller phase gives immense development potential, along with producing substantial multiplier results for Dubai’s financial system. We’ll be working carefully with stakeholders throughout the tourism eco-system, together with Costa Cruises, to help fast-tracked enhancement of infrastructure that permits seamless entry between Dubai’s leisure venues and sights and Dubai Harbour, with a view to proceed to raise metropolis’s enchantment to discerning cruise visitors.”
Costa Cruises has been working to Dubai Harbour since 2006 and in the course of the upcoming winter 25/26 it is going to deploy in Dubai Costa Toscana, its newest era flagship.
Daniel Caprile, Vice President Pricing & Income Administration, Itinerary & Transportation, Costa Cruises commented: “The renewal of our Memorandum of Understanding with Emirates Airline is a affirmation of the strategic significance of Dubai and the Emirates in Costa’s tourism providing. We’ll proceed our collaboration on advertising initiatives, operational alignments, and strategic planning, aiming at enhancing connectivity and guaranteeing a clean journey for our cruise passengers. This partnership underscores our dedication to offering seamless and distinctive journey experiences for our visitors, and along with Emirates, we stay up for delivering unparalleled service and unforgettable reminiscences.”
Dubai has pioneered an built-in journey ecosystem that delivers seamless experiences for cruise passengers – from streamlined visa processes to stylish port services at Dubai Harbour, full with devoted check-in. The 12 Emirates check-in counters in Dubai Harbour permit passengers who’re disembarking from their cruise ships to completely check-in as much as 4 hours earlier than flight departure with the comfort of exploring Dubai with out their baggage earlier than heading on to the airport and breezing previous most formalities earlier than their flight.
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