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Rebecca Gibson |
Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream is to homeport in Singapore from 3 December 2017, making the first time the country has been the base of a new, 151,300gt cruise ship year-round.
Between December 2017 and the end of March 2018, Genting Dream will offer a range of two-night weekend cruises and alternating five-night Sunday departures from Singapore. The five-night Straits of Malacca Cruise will feature calls in Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia, and Phuket in Thailand. Meanwhile the five-night Java Seas itinerary will take guests to Surabaya and North Bali. Passengers can combine the two five-night voyages for a 12-night cruise experience, with the option of spending the weekend in between either onboard the ship or in a hotel in Singapore.
From April to October 2018, the line will offer new itineraries to destinations in the South China Sea and the Java Sea.
“We are truly excited to deploy Genting Dream in Singapore, a popular and well developed travel hub for the Asian region with an excellent cruise and tourism infrastructure,” said Thatcher Brown, President of Dream Cruises. “Singapore’s prime geographic location also makes it the ideal homeport Genting Dream to cruise to popular as well as new ASEAN destinations. We are pleased to support Singapore’s steadfast commitment to the tourism industry, as we cater to a growing number of sophisticated Singaporean and broader Asian Pacific fly-cruise vacationers.”
Genting Dream will increase available cruise days in Singapore by more than 20% in 2018 and will cater to both domestic cruise travellers and the inbound fly-cruise market.
“We warmly welcome year-round homeporting of Genting Dream in Singapore,” said Lionel Yeo, chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board. “This historic deployment underscores the potential of Southeast Asia as one of the world’s prime cruising destinations. As the ASEAN lead coordinator for cruise development, Singapore will continue working closely with our neighbours to grow the cruise industry in this region.”