MSC Cruises has released its 2025 Grand Mediterranean itineraries, a fusion of two seven-night cruises spanning the Mediterranean’s breadth. Guests bookings the back-to-back sailings enjoy the added convenience of a complimentary coach transfer between Genoa and Venice (or vice versa).

MSC Cruises is positioning MSC Grandiosa on the Norwegian Fjords for the entire summer 2022 season.

MSC Cruises has flagged a return to Spanish soil with the Italian cruise line set to resume embarkations from Barcelona on 26 June 2021 and offering port calls from Valenica starting 30 July, aboard MSC Grandiosa.

MSC Cruises says it is on track to resume operation in Japan from April 2021 having received a health and safety certification from the country’s official maritime classification society.

MSC Cruises is buoyed by the positive response of guest and travel advisor feedback following its return to cruising after near five-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first guests on MSC Cruises’ return to sailing Mediterranean voyage began embarking on MSC Grandiosa on Sunday in the port of Genoa, Italy.

MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica are set to recommence operations in the Mediterranean on 16 and 29 August 2020 respectively, offering citizens of Schengen countries the opportunity to discover five destinations during a seven-night voyage.

MSC Cruises christened MSC Grandiosa, its newest, most environmentally advanced flagship, in the city of Hamburg, Germany on 9 November, during the fourth and final night of celebrations in the Blue Port. Marking the cruise line’s largest and longest christening event ever, the launch of MSC Grandiosa’s was part of a series of celebrations over 27 days, eight countries and 11 ports.

MSC Cruises has announced its commitment to become the world’s first fully carbon neutral major global cruise line. MSC Cruises Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago says that ever since MSC launched its first commercial cruise ship in 2003, the company has been “one of the highest environmentally performing” operators on the seas.

MSC Cruises today took delivery of its newest flagship MSC Grandiosa, one of the most environmentally-advanced ships at sea yet, last Thursday in France. On the day, a second important milestone event took place with the traditional cutting of the first steel and naming of MSC’s first World Class ship, MSC Europa, by MSC Cruises’ Executive Chairman, Pierfrancesco Vago. MSC Europa is the first of five liquified natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ships on order and the first LNG ship to be built in France.

MSC Grandiosa will host the world’s first fine art experience on board a cruise ship. The immersive art and dining experience featuring “Degas Danse Dessin” aims to bring guests closer to the world of fine art with a spellbinding exhibition of original Impressionist art.

Yesterday marked 100 days until the launch of MSC Cruises’ first Meraviglia-Plus ship, MSC Grandiosa, in Hamburg, Germany on 9 November, with TV star Michelle Hunziker hosting the glamorous events.