Tagged: MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises announced that sales for the inaugural summer 2017 cruises of MSC Meraviglia, its first next generation of ship, will open on this day.

MSC Cruises announced today that Massimiliano Mio had joined the Company’s executive leadership at its global headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, as the new Chief Legal Officer (CLO), effective today.

MSC Cruises recently announced that MSC Divina will sail year-round from Miami starting November 2015. New Caribbean itineraries on MSC Divina from April 2016 – March 2017 are now open for booking. (more…)

MSC Cruises says it is giving travel agents in the UK more flexibility in selling its product by introducing ‘options’ across all itineraries. (cruisebusiness.com)

The attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia that killed 17 cruise passengers on excursion has not had a major impact on bookings at MSC Cruises, said MSC Cruises USA chief Rick Sasso. (travelweekly.com)

Jam Cruise 14 will set sail aboard the MSC Divina from Miami on January 6, 2016, and will host a bevy of musical performances across its stages and spaces before returning to Miami on January 11. (jambase.com)

New York City welcomed the ultramodern and elegant MSC Divina as it called at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal for the first time on April 29 and April 30. (more…)

MSC Cruises and standout tech leader Samsung have developed a cutting-edge tool that creates fully immersive virtual reality tours of MSC Cruises’ ships. (more…)

MSC Cruises announced today that Riccardo Casalino had joined the Company’s executive leadership at its global headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, as the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises, the world’s fourth largest cruise line, has announced that it has suspended remaining 2015 calls in Ukraine and Egypt, replacing them with a number of choice Mediterranean alternatives. (cruisebusiness.com)

MSC Cruises has confirmed the MSC Divina will once again sail year-round from Miami to the Caribbean starting November 2015. MSC Divina’s already published November 2015 through April 2016 itineraries will remain unchanged. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises is giving passengers a reason to celebrate by offering a free ‘Allegrissimo Drinks Package’ on selected 2015 departures in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe valid until 30 April 2015. (more…)

MSC Cruises, the world’s fourth largest cruise shipping company, says it will operate 270 sailings and 22 itineraries on 12 ships in the summer of 2016 and return to Southampton after a break of one year. (more…)

A cruise ship carrying nearly 3,000 passengers will depart Fremantle for Gallipoli later today, retracing the voyage taken by the Anzacs. The MSC Orchestra will stop in Albany, Sri Lanka and Egypt, before reaching Turkey mid-next month. (more…)

The cruise, which will take place on the MSC Divina, will depart from Miami, Florida on January 21 and will stop at Half Moon Cay and Freeport in the Bahamas. (more…)

Pierfrancesco Vago, who traveled to Tunisia after the attacks to meet with those injured and the families of those killed in the attack, was deeply moved by the Tunisian people and their response to the tragedy. (travelagentcentral.com)

MSC Orchestra made MSC Cruises’ first-ever visit Australia on 15 March when she called at the port of Brisbane. (cruiseandferry.net)

MSC Cruises will make the Chinese market even more competitive when it introduces one of its new ships there, which could happen as soon as 2017. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises announced today that the first of its next generation Seaside class of ships — set to debut in November 2017 — will be named MSC Seaside and sail year-round from Miami to the Caribbean. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

A strong British pound has increased the demand for cruises in the Mediterranean to all time high levels, said Giles Hawke, executive director of MSC Cruises in the UK & Ireland. (cruisebusiness.com)

The MSC Orchestra has arrived in Singapore, the sixth of 13 ports along her journey on a grand 33-night voyage tot he Far East. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises says it has strengthened its sales team in the UK with the appointment of Chiara Brooker to the newly created role of Sales Manager (trade operations).

MSC Cruises has launched a new project that will give eight young adults a chance to see their ideas implemented on new prototype cruise ships that the company is building in France and Italy. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises announced a new senior appointment. Luca Biondolillo, 48, will MSC’s Chief Communications Officer (CCO), starting March 2. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

MSC Cruises, the Geneva based cruise shipping company, says it is introducing a system that allows passengers to book a seat at the theatre on its four Lirica class ships. (cruisebusiness.com)

MSC Cruises has customized four of its 12 ships to welcome travellers to see in the Chinese New Year this month, aboard MSC Splendida, MSC Divina, MSC Fantasia and MSC Orchestra.

Couples sailing aboard the ultramodern MSC Divina, one of MSC Cruises’ largest and most elegant ships, can now legally say “I Do.” (eturbonews.com)

MSC Cruises has launched a new mobile app for iOS and Android aimed at allowing travelers to explore the fleet’s 12 ships and the destinations MSC Cruises visits. (travelagentcentral.com)