Cruise news (MSC Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Keel Laid for MSC Seashore
A traditional maritime coin ceremony took place on Thursday, September 19, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone (near Trieste Italy), when the...
September 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Holland America Line Returns to Tampa Bay in 2020
HAL-Holland America Line dropped Tampa FL as a homeport in spring 2018. According to Erik Elvejord (company's director of public relations), HAL was...
September 17, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Armonia to Be Homeported in Tampa
MSC Cruises revealed it will continue to expand its presence in North America via the introduction of Tampa Florida as a new homeport for the company...
September 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Stretched MSC Magnifica to Offer 24 Cruises from Southampton
MSC Cruises revealed it will bring the liner MSC Magnifica to Southampton UK in 2021 for an entire homeporting season after ship's extensive drydock...
September 11, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Bellissima's Crystal Cabin
One of the 2019-inaugurated new passenger liners, MSC Bellissima has MSC Cruises fleet's (and the world's) first-ever "Crystal Cabin" - a balcony...
September 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: First Meraviglia-Plus Class Ship Completes Sea Trials
MSC Cruises first Meraviglia-Plus class liner MSC Grandiosa successfully completed the 3-day sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean (August 28-31). MSC's...
September 3, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Grandiosa to Host the First Fine Art Experience at Sea
The newest vessel in the MSC Cruises fleet scheduled to launch in November, MSC Grandiosa, will host the first fine art experience onboard a cruise...
August 28, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises to Bring Two Ships to South Africa
MSC Cruises announced that in 2020-2021 cruise season the company will homeport two liners in South Africa. This will mark the first time that a...
August 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Visits Greenland for the First Time
MSC Orchestra made a maiden call in Nuuk on Monday, August 19, marking the first time that an MSC Cruises’ ship has visited Greenland. The...
August 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Cruise Demonstration Zone to Be Established in Shanghai
Shanghai is expected to establish a demonstration zone for cruise tourism. This is part of the plans of the port to become a hub for the industry...
August 10, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Two More Cruise Ships Skip Scheduled Stops in San Juan
Two more cruise ships skipped scheduled visits to San Juan Puerto Rico, as demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Gov. Ricardo...
July 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Offers Drone-Flying Classes
MSC Cruises is now making a major play for the young market via finding creative ways to keep children under-17 well entertained. Company’s...
July 23, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Reveals New Kids’ Entertainment
MSC Cruises announced details of company's new kids’ entertainment programming that debutes on MSC Grandiosa (fleet's flagship and newest...
July 6, 2019 - Accidents
German Passenger Dies After Falling from MSC Cruises Ship
A 40-year-old German passenger has fallen from MSC Meraviglia into the Skagerrak between Norway and Denmark. At 12:45 p.m. on Friday, July 5, the...
July 6, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises Welcomes Its 20 Millionth Passenger
MSC Cruises reached the 20 million passenger mark. The largest, privately-owned cruise line in the world celebrated this past weekend a key milestone...
July 1, 2019