Dream Cruises, the premium market unit in the Genting Hong Kong group, said Genting Dream will be home ported year-round in Singapore starting from 3 December 2017. This marks a first for Singapore to host a brand-new and large-scale 151,300 grosstonne cruise ship year-round.
Genting Dream was built in Germany last year, she will soon be a calling at more than 10 ports in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam during 2018. Beginning 3 December to the end of March, Dream Cruises will offer appealing range of two nights week-end cruises and alternating five night nights Sunday cruises from Singapore to destinations in the Straits of Malacca and in the Java Seas.
From April to October 2018, new itineraries will offer new destinations in the South China Sea and the Java Sea, giving passengers another new reason to cruise.
The significant growth in the Asian cruise industry over the recent years has presented new opportunities for the region, and Dream Cruises aims to be a pacesetter in Singapore by being the first cruise liner to offer inspirational luxury, which is Asian at heart and international in spirit, the company said in a statement.