Death of a Dream: how the pandemic’s biggest cruise casualty could cost passengers millions
When Genting Hong Kong commissioned Global Dream and Global Dream II six years ago, they were expected to be among the world’s biggest liners ...
Got a spare $258 million? You could buy the luxurious expedition ship, the Crystal Endeavour
Genting Hong Kong’s fleet of ships will soon be heading for the auction. And if you had a cool few hundred million dollars in ...
What’s next for cruising in Singapore after Dream Cruises’ departure?
It’s the end of an era as Genting Cruise Lines finally calls it a day, leaving a gap in Singapore’s cruise market. Now that ...
End of the dream as Dream Cruises ceases operations
Dream Cruises and parent company Genting Cruise Lines look set to end the sort-lived era of a luxury Asian line, with the line set ...
Dream Cruises pledges to sail on from Singapore as owner files for liquidation and Crystal is halted
Dream Cruises, part of the Genting Hong Kong group which owns luxury line Crystal and Star Cruises, has announced that sailings in Singapore will ...
Luxury line Crystal stops sailings as its owner reveals it’s running out of cash
Genting Hong Kong, the Asian company that owns Crystal Cruises, Star Cruises and Dream Cruises, has filed a Wind Up petition in the Supreme ...
Exclusive: Singapore welcomes Australians to cruise aboard its ships
Cruise-hungry Aussies can now look forward to booking itineraries in Singapore, after the government changed its rules to capture the fly-cruise market. Previously, cruises ...
As overseas travel starts in November, experts say we’ll cruise abroad before locally
Australian cruisers face the prospect of cruising internationally before setting foot onboard a ship in local waters. As Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed Australians ...
More than 33,000 Aussies call for cruise comeback as Europe, America and Asia start sailing
Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Dream Cruises were among a list of lines announcing plans to restart sailing in an exciting week of ...
Passengers sail on from Singapore with takeaways as ships ride out COVID’s new wave
Asia is suffering a third wave – yet, amazingly, Dream Cruises and Royal Caribbean continue cruising out of Singapore under new cruising restrictions. The ...
Guess which tiny state now has 1/3rd of the world’s cruisers
Singapore is leading the way in cruise, now accounting for one-third of all global cruise travellers, as their extremely efficient management of coronavirus reaps ...
Dream Cruises celebrates its 100,000th cruise passenger
Dream Cruises this week, celebrated its 100,000th cruise passenger since the premium line started operations in the Lion City in November 2020. Dream is at the ...
Onboard Asia’s first cruise – inside the World Dream inaugural Singapore voyage
Enhanced health & safety protocols didn’t take the joy out of cruising for Rebecca Rachel Wong, who embarked on one of Singapore’s first sailings ...
Excited cruise crew are beginning their journeys back to cruise ships
Crew members from around the world are heading to Singapore to start sailing again. And they couldn’t be happier. Dream Cruises which will start ...
Crystal insists “We’re still in business” as owner halts debt repayments
Crystal Cruises’ proud boast was that it was the most awarded luxury line. This week, it announced a preview of the deployment for the ...
Crystal and Dream owner Genting suspends loan repayments as shares slump
The owner of Dream Cruises and Crystal, Genting Hong Kong, has suspended payments on debts of almost $3.4bn, it was reported in Hong Kong ...
