New Dubai base for Thomson Celebration
Thomson Celebration cruise ship will operate from the port of Dubai for the first time next winter.
Two seven-night itineraries – ‘Arabian Nights’ and ‘Cities of Gold’ – will stop overnight in Dubai and visit six new destinations including Khasab and Muscat in Oman, Manama in Bahrain, Doha in Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Khor Fakkan in UAE.
Excursion highlights include the Burj al Arab and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a Dubai Dhow cruise, Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the Grand Mosque in Muscat.
Customers can combine their cruise with a seven-night stay in Dubai and can fly from six airports – Manchester, Birmingham, London Gatwick, Cardiff, Newcastle and Glasgow.
Cruises go on sale in November 2015.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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