Cruise news (msc cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
MSC World Europa floated out. Keel laid for MSC Euribia
On December 2nd, the French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique and MSC Cruises celebrated two milestones for the company’s newest...
December 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean takes “wait-and-see” approach on mandatory COVID vaccines for kids
While Celebrity and DCL-Disney will soon require passengers ages 5-11 to be fully vaccinated, RCI-Royal Caribbean International is taking a...
December 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Virtuosa returns for MSC Cruises' biggest ever UK season
MSC Cruises revealed it would bring MSC Virtuosa back to homeport Southampton (England UK) in summer 2022 before the company deploys another liner...
December 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Orchestra heading to Durban (South Africa) despite COVID's Omicron variant
MSC Cruises is going ahead with South African itineraries, despite travel bans in the country due to the COVID Omicron variant. MSC Orchestra is...
December 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sophia Loren christens MSC Cruises' new flagship MSC Virtuosa in Dubai
MSC Cruises on Saturday, November 27, celebrated the christening in Dubai (Port Rashid-Dubai Harbour, UAE) of its new flagship, MSC Virtuosa, just...
November 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises to accept only fully vaccinated passengers for the winter sailings
The world's 3rd-largest cruise shipping company MSC announced it will accept only fully vaccinated passengers for winter 2021-2022 season fleetwide...
November 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Celestyal Cruises (Greece) allows passengers fully vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine
The Greek company Celestyal Cruises will allow fully vaccinated passengers with the Russian "Sputnik V" COVID vaccine to board the ships. Starting...
November 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Sophia Loren names MSC SEASHORE at Ocean Cay Island (Bahamas)
MSC Cruises celebrated the official naming of its newest liner - MSC Seashore, which is also the largest cruise ship built in Italy. The christening...
November 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Seascape floated out, sistership MSC Seashore named at Ocean Cay Bahamas
MSC Cruises on Thursday (November 18) celebrated the float out of the line's next flagship MSC Seascape at Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard (near...
November 18, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises’ 13th ship, MSC Fantasia, restarts in the Mediterranean
MSC Cruises’ 13th ship to resume operations since the cruise industry’s pause in March 2020 as a result of the COVID crisis set sail on...
November 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Preziosa is the first cruise ship to restart sailings in Brazil
MSC Cruises' liner MSC Preziosa became the first cruise ship to restart passenger shipping operations in Brazil since the industry's shutdown caused...
November 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Cruises confirms itinerary changes for Bellissima’s season from Port Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MSC Cruises confirmed the details of the updated itinerary for the winter season (2022-2023) of MSC Bellissima homeported in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia...
November 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Abu Dhabi (UAE) is open for cruising with vaccinated passengers
Port Abu Dhabi (UAE) is already open for cruising. Fully vaccinated travelers from every country are now able to enter the UAE including sailing in...
October 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC Seaview commences sailings from St Maarten and Barbados on December 5
MSC reconfirmed its winter 2021-2022 program in the Caribbean where MSC Seaview ship will operate 7- and 14-night roundtrips from homeports...
October 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: MSC Cruises invites artists to design MSC Euribia's hull
With October 25 being International Artist Day, MSC Cruises is giving artists around the world the chance to transform MSC Euribia's hull into a...
October 26, 2021