Jewel of the Seas to return to Middle East
Royal Caribbean International has announced that Dubai will be the new home of Jewel of the Seas from December 2019 to March 2020.
The ship will return to the region after a two-year break to sail two different seven-night ‘butterfly’ Arabian Gulf itineraries, including maiden calls to Sir Bani Yas, Doha, and Bahrain.
The two new itineraries are bookable from today for Crown and Anchor members and from tomorrow for the general public.
RCI managing director UK and Ireland Ben Bouldin said: "We have seen a surge in interest in Middle Eastern holidays from this market so we are excited to announce that we are positioning a ship back in the region next year.”
Jewel of the Seas will be repositioning from Rome, her Mediterranean home of 10 years, to Dubai on a 16-night Suez Canal cruise from November 30 to December 16.
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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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