MSC Cruises is to roll out its innovative Status Match programme in the UK, giving the nation’s cruise fans – and cruise virgins – even more reason to come aboard. From Monday October 26 guests with valid loyalty club memberships from other cruise lines, hotel groups and tour operators will be able to join the…
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MSC Meraviglia Goes On Sale And First Steel Cut For MSC Seaside
MSC Cruises announced today that cabins for the inaugural summer 2017 cruises of MSC Meraviglia, its first next generation of ship, are now on sale. Sales of cruises on this ground-breaking, 315m-long ship will initially be open exclusively to MSC Club members, with the ship going on general sale on July 5. MSC Meraviglia will…
MSC Cruises Launches 2016/17 Cruise Programme
The MSC Cruises 2016/17 brochure, which launches on April 2nd 2015, promises to be one of the best yet and, wait for it, we will finally have another selection of ex-UK voyages! While the emphasis remains firmly on great-value fly-cruises and cruise-only to the Med, MSC Cruises is ramping up the choice on offer for UK…
MSC Sinfonia Enters Dry-Dock For Her Big Stretch
MSC Cruises, MSC Sinfonia has arrived at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Sicily, to begin her lengthening process – she is the second of the lines four Lirica-class ships to undergo the transformation so far. The work to lengthen and refit the vessel over the next 10 weeks will now include the addition of dedicated…
MSC Armonia Cut In Two! – MSC Cruises Renaissance Project
MSC Cruises has taken a major step in the €50 million upgrade of its smallest ship, MSC Armonia – by cutting it in two! Work to insert a new pre-built section into the 60,000gt vessel has now begun at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Sicily. When completed, the cruise ship will be 24 metres longer…
Mexican Passenger Goes Overboard From MSC Divina Following World Cup Match
The Brazilian navy is searching for a Mexican football fan who fell from MSC Divina when she was sailing off the northeastern city where Mexico played Brazil in the World Cup, local officials said on Thursday. The man who has been named as Jorge Alberto Lopez, fell on Wednesday evening from the MSC Divina, about…
MSC Cruises Confirms Ship Order Of Two Ground-Breaking Vessels
MSC Cruises has today signed a contract with Italian shipyard Fincantieri confirming the construction of two new cruise ships, with an option for one more vessel. The new prototype project, named ‘Seaside’, will be the largest cruise ships ever built by Fincantieri and will feature a revolutionary architectural style leading the way for a new…
Why 11 Million People Choose MSC Cruises
It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of MSC Cruises, but in today’s blog I am going to share with you why 11-million other people think they are pretty awesome too! Are you ready? Let’s go…………………. MSC Cruises – A seafaring family since 1675 Founded in 1970 as the Mediterranean Shipping Company, MSC…
MSC Cruises Launch 2015/2016 Brochure
For the first time in the history of the company, MSC Cruises, the family-owned Mediterranean cruise line, is launching its Summer 2015 and Winter 2015/2016 brochure together. With the promise of two new ships on the horizon, a new pricing structure, a ‘Renaissance Programme’ for the Lirica class ships this is a very important and…
MSC Cruises Orders Two New Ships
Today MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of two new cruise ships, with an option for two more. The two ships will join the MSC Cruises’ fleet, currently comprising 12 ships, all built in the Saint-Nazaire yards. The signature took place at the Hôtel de L’Industrie, in Paris in…
