MSC Cruises has announced that it will deploy its MSC Lirica cruise ship to the Eastern Mediterranean market for the summer 2022 and homeport in Piraeus, Greece, during the entire season. MSC Lirica will offer a newly designed seven-night itinerary with 28 sailings between April 2022 and October 2023 from Piraeus calling Kusadasi, Turkey; Haifa, […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Tower Kingdom Center. Photo source: WTM London Saudi, the authentic home of Arabia, has been announced as Premier Partner of WTM London 2021, as the country ramps up its global drive to reach 100 million visitors a year by 2030. The ambitious target is part of Saudi’s Vision 2030, a […]
Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for the establishment of the new maritime tourism research centre in Greece. Photo source: UNWTO The first research station dedicated to measuring the sustainable development of coastal and maritime tourism across the Mediterranean will be established
MSC Orchestra and MSC Splendida to call Corfu this summer. Photo source: Cruiseway Travel MSC Cruises has included Greece on the updated East Mediterranean itineraries of three of its ships for this coming summer. According to a company announcement on Thursday, MSC Cruises will deploy three ships in the popular East Mediterranean region for the […]
CLIA Global Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, has been appointed to a two-year term as Global Chairman of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). He will assume his position immediately. Vago served as CEO of MSC Cruises from 2003 to 2013, during which time the company experienced over 800 percent […]
MSC Cruises has announced that it will postpone the restart of cruises with its Magnifica ship until September 26. The company said that it had seen cancellations and a softening in demand following the introduction of additional testing measures for residents of Italy having traveled to Greece. MSC Cruises had originally planned to resume operations […]
Water enters the dry dock to float MSC Seashore for the first time. The float out of MSC Cruises‘ “Seashore” vessel took place on Thursday at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. The event is considered a major milestone in shipbuilding as it is the first time a new vessel touches water and sees the […]
MSC Cruises recently introduced its comprehensive health and safety protocol that has been developed to support the restart of operations in the Mediterranean and ensure the safety of guests, crew and local communities. According to an announcement, as of August 16, the company’s MSC Grandiosa cruise ship will offer 7-night cruises in the Western Mediterranean, […]















