Disney Cruise Line makes Singapore its 1st home port in Asia

Singapore’s tourism board and a Walt Disney Co. subsidiary have agreed to make the Southeast Asian country the first Asian homeport for one of the company’s cruise ships.

The Singapore Tourism Board and Disney Cruise Line have signed a memorandum of understanding to homeport the new vessel exclusively in Singapore for at least five years, they said. Disney cruises are operating in the Caribbean, Europe and elsewhere but not in Asia.

“We obviously are going to focus a lot on the Southeast Asian markets here, but it’s the first one in Asia, absolutely,” said Disney Signature Experiences Presiden...