Tagged: MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises is further deepening its family entertainment offering by giving younger guests the opportunity to star in the second series of its popular kids web series ‘Kelly & Kloe’ (www.kellyandkloe.com) via onbaord auditions that are now open. (more…)

MSC Cruises revealed the names and concepts for the two exclusive Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows that will be performed on board MSC Cruises’ new next-generation flagship, MSC Meraviglia. (more…)

MSC Cruises will be offering the most comprehensive range of winter cruises in Company history giving sun lovers and adventure seekers even more reasons to get away from it all during the winter months. (more…)

MSC’s new MSC Meraviglia completed her second round of sea trials on Sunday April 30. The scheduled and routine tests put ships through speed, turning and stopping performance measures, which ensure propulsion and safety systems are up to standard. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises announced today (May 1st) the opening of sales for MSC Bellissima. For her inaugural season, the ship, which is the much-awaited second of the Company’s Meraviglia-generation mega-ships, will set sail in the Western Mediterranean from March 2019. (more…)

MSC Cruises and Caissa Touristic Group are set to renew their agreement for the MSC Lirica, keeping the ship in the Chinese cruise market for an additional two years, through early 2020, according to a source familiar with the matter. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

With more than 30 years of experience in the travel industry – including positions at other cruise lines, a major travel agency consortium and a land-based tour operator – at MSC Cruises’ Jiffo will be responsible for strategically continuing and expanding relationships with trade partners. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises is upgrading dining onboard, with more flexibility and packages, as well as a stronger emphasis on celebrity chef partnerships and specialty restaurants. The changes will debut on the 4,500-passenger MSC Meraviglia in June, followed by the 5,179-passenger MSC Seaside in December, before being rolled out fleetwide. (cruisecritic.com)

MSC Cruises newest ship, MSC Meraviglia, which launches in Europe in June 2017, will move to Miami in 2019, where it will make PortMiami its permanent, year-round homeport. (cruisecritic.com)

Today at leading travel show ITB Berlin, MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line, has unveiled its fleet-wide digital innovation programme, MSC for Me. (more…)

MSC Cruises is announcing the company’s first cruise from Dubai to Japan. Spectacular 28 night cruises will bring guests to various major cities in 2018. The MSC Splendida will embark on this cruise from 31st March 2018, for this holiday through Asia. (etbtravelnews.global)

A husband has been arrested in Italy after concerns were raised that his wife had disappeared during a Mediterranean cruise with their two children. Police detained the 45-year-old Irishman, from Dublin, at Ciampino Airport in Rome after a roll call on the cruise ship Magnifica noted his Chinese-born wife was missing. (dailymail.co.uk)

MSC Cruises has announced that Adam Snitzer has joined the company as senior vice president of guest services for North America. In this position, Snitzer will be responsible for overseeing the North American travel agent and consumer call centers, group operations, customer service and revenue management. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Crew aboard the MSC Sinfonia cruise liner have been testing their lifeboats and changed their itinerary as cyclone Dineo approaches the Mozambique and South African east coasts. (timeslive.co.za)

MSC Cruises and ARTA today announced that they will partner for the development of the LNG bunkering system for MSC ships. MSC’s 11 ships on order include four LNG-powered cruise ships. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Celebrity Chef Roy Yamaguchi, known for his distinctive style of Hawaiian fusion cuisine, has been dreaming up dumplings for his specialty restaurant, debuting on MSC Seaside late this year. (cruisecritic.com)

The 2016 MSC True Partnerships Awards are presented to MSC Cruises’ top performing North American travel partners for the year based on overall business growth in revenue and guests and continuous partnership support and innovative marketing efforts that drive increased consumer awareness. (travelagentcentral.com)

The new MSC Seaview will head to Brazil for winter 2018-2019 after her debut season sailing the Mediterranean. MSC sales literature released in the UK market shows the 2018-built ship repositioning from the Mediterranean for Santos in Brazil. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Late Tuesday, Alyssa Goldfarb, director of public relations, MSC Cruises USA, confirmed that Ken Muskat, executive vice president of sales, public relations and guest services, based in the line’s Fort Lauderdale office, “is planning to leave MSC Cruises at the end of December to pursue a new opportunity.” (travelagentcentral.com)

Filling the 2,250-passenger MSC Magnifica for its first world cruise could pose a challenge for MSC. Most world cruises are on luxury lines such as Silversea Cruises or Cunard Line, not contemporary lines. (travelweekly.com)

MSC Cruises will return to the U.K. in 2018 — three years after quitting these shores. The cruise line will base the 2,518-passenger MSC Magnifica in Southampton from April to November. (cruisecritic.com)

MSC Cruises has announced its Mediterranean itineraries for the 2017 summer season, and its itineraries in the Caribbean and the Antilles for the 2017-2018 winter season. (travelagentcentral.com)

MSC Cruises announced a further addition to its family-focused offerings, this time with a new range of fun kids’ activities and supporting web series, “Kelly & Kloe On Board.” (cruisebusiness.com)

MSC Cruises has announced the launch of its new EZ Groups program for travel agents. Part of the “MSC Serving You” trade initiative, the new program allows agents to earn up to eight amenity points that they can spend on a list of amenities to add extra perks to their group for their clients or themselves. (travelagentcentral.com)

October is Plan a Cruise Month and MSC Cruises is celebrating by offering consumers the chance to save 50 percent off brochure rates and get two for the price of one on Caribbean, Mediterranean and Northern Europe cruises.

In connection with this, following in the footsteps of the announcement of the opening of the new MSC Cruises own office in Shanghai and a new management and operations team based there, the company is taking another key step to further improve its ability to serve the Chinese home market. (cruisebusiness.com)

MSC Cruises has announced it is pushing back the opening date for its Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas from December 2017 to October 2018. (travelagentcentral.com)

Bureau Veritas (BV) has recognized MSC Cruises with the 2016 Special Safety Best Practices Award for the “high level of voluntary-enhanced safety procedures implemented across its entire fleet,” according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)