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MSC CRUISES POSTPONES RESTART OF MSC MAGNIFICA

08/24/2020

MSC Cruises announced today that regretfully the Company must postpone the restart of MSC Magnifica until September 26, 2020.

In connection with the recent introduction of additional testing measures for residents of Italy having traveled to Greece, we are seeing cancelations and a softening in demand since the ship’s itinerary includes as many as three ports in that country. This has led to the decision to delay the restart of the ship by four weeks.

MSC Cruises believes that reservations will start to pick up again in the coming weeks due to the appeal of the itinerary. MSC Magnifica’s sales are open to residents of the Schengen area, at the same time in this early phase of restart the majority of guests are expected to be Italian nationals and residents.

As a result, MSC Magnifica cruise departures from August 29 to September 19 have been canceled. The first cruise will depart from Bari, Italy with an unchanged itinerary on September 26.

MSC Grandiosa is currently offering 7-night cruises with embarkation in the Italian ports of Genoa, Civitavecchia, Naples and Palermo and also calling at Valletta, Malta.

MSC Cruises also confirmed last month details of its fall and winter 2020/2021 season, offering over 90 different itineraries across the Caribbean, Mediterranean, the Gulf, South Africa, South America and Asia — all of the regions where MSC Cruises traditionally operates. Itineraries range in length from two to 24 nights, along with the third MSC World Cruise departing in January 2021 and an extensive Grand Voyages program. In the U.S., MSC Cruises will only restart operations when the time is right, following approval by the CDC and other relevant authorities across the region in observance of their requirements and guidelines.