Jannick Sinner and Anna Nash

Wimbledon tennis champ Jannik Sinner in new partnership with Explora Journeys

Wimbledon tennis champion Jannik Sinner is to serve as the new brand ambassador for Explora Journeys. The announcement comes as Sinner is battling to retain his US Open title in New York. “I’m honoured to join Explora Journeys,” said Sinner. “I believe in the power of nature and mindful routines, and I see those values

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MSC World Europa

MSC Cruises signs up for two more World Class ships by end of decade

MSC Cruises today signed two new orders with French ship builder Chantiers de l’Atlantique for their globally successful World Class ships, bringing the number to six. The two vessels, currently referred to as World Class 5 and 6, will be delivered in 2029 and 2030 respectively. They will join MSC World Europa, pictured, the first

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MSC World America

MSC Cruises takes the US seriously with a seven-ship 2026-27 winter season

MSC Cruises’ winter 2026-27 season from the United States features seven ships offering a wide variety of cruises from four homeports to the Caribbean and Bahamas, a Panama Canal Transit and transatlantic MSC Grand Voyages. Most itineraries will visit Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, MSC’s private island in the Bahamas. Miami departures MSC World America:

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MSC World America's Drew Barrymore

New leading role for ET child star Drew Barrymore as MSC World America’s godmother

Drew Barrymore, who achieved fame as a child actress in the blockbuster movie ET the Extra-Terrestrial, is to serve as godmother for MSC Cruises’ new US flagship, MSC World America. Barrymore will be cutting the ribbon and triggering the traditional breaking of a bottle of champagne on the ship’s bow at the naming ceremony on

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MSC Barcelona Cruise Terminal

Welcome to MSC’s new cruise terminal in Barcelona

Guests disembarking from MSC Fantasia on Saturday (15 February) were the first to experience the line’s new cruise terminal in Barcelona. The state-of-the-art facility, left, will serve both MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys ships and is a significant infrastructure development for the Cruise Division of MSC Group. Sandra Yunta, the MSC Barcelona Cruise Terminal’s director,

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MSC Poesia

MSC Cruises breaks new ground as it heads to Alaska for the first time in summer 2026

MSC Cruises is launching Alaska itineraries for the first time, with seven-night summer sailings in 2026. MSC Poesia will homeport in Seattle for the season and depart weekly on seven-night sailings to Alaska and Canada starting between May and September. Guests sailing to Alaska will be visiting a wide variety of the region’s most picturesque

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MSC Cruises makes an early wave with £500 onboard credit offer

MSC Cruises’ latest promotion offers passengers onboard credit of up to £500 per cabin to spend when booking selected summer 2025 sailings including on the UK’s favourite MSC ship, Virtuosa, pictured. The promotion is available until November on selected cruise and fly & cruise sailings in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Northern Europe, with credit to

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TV stars Darren Day and Shaun Wallace to perform on four MSC Virtuosa summer sailings

MSC Cruises has added actor and TV presenter Darren Day and Chasers star Shaun Wallace, better know as the Dark Destroyer, to its summer entertainment programme on MSC Virtuosa. Day will be performing well-loved songs from his roles in West End musicals,  such as Greece and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, during four 14-night

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MSC Virtuosa

MSC Cruises scraps three Grand Voyages in April because of Red Sea danger

MSC Cruises has cancelled three repositioning Grand Voyage sailings in April from South Africa and the United Arab Emirates to Europe because of the risk to shipping in the Red Sea. Ongoing attacks on merchant vessels has obliged the company to cancel a 24-night cruise of MSC Splendida from Durban, South Africa to Genoa, Italy,

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MSC World America

MSC Cruises seals deal for two new World Class ships

MSC Cruises today confirmed the order of two World Class vessels with French ship builder Chantiers de l’Atlantique which will take its World Class fleet to four. The two newly ordered vessels, currently referred to as World Class 3 and 4, will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. There is also an option for a

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