MSC to make maiden call in Albania and alters Caribbean trips
MSC Cruises has revealed fresh itineraries for 2017 and 2018
including a maiden visit to Albania. MSC Poesia will call at Saranda
weekly from April 2017 as part of the line’s new ex-Venice eastern Mediterranean itinerary, which also takes in seven destinations including Bari, Katakolon, Athens, Mykonos and Dubrovnik. Caribbean itineraries have been altered due to a delay in the opening of the line’s own Bahamas island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, which will now open in October 2018. The western
Caribbean seven-night itinerary on MSC Seaside will call at the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Mexico, with the ship stopping at Nassau before
DUBROVNIK: MSC will visit fellow Adriatic port Saranda in Albania
the MSC island becomes available. MSC Fantasia will replace
MSC Orchestra on Antilles and south Caribbean sailings. From November 2017 the ship will alternate itineraries: one trip exploring the Antilles, including St Maarten, the Grenadines and Dominican Republic, the other the south Caribbean including Saint
Lucia and Barbados.
msccruises.com
Holland America e Alaska and Asia for
Natasha Salmon
natasha.salmon@
travelweekly.co.uk
Holland America Line has unveiled its 2017-18 brochure, featuring new itineraries in Asia plus a new Alaska programme to mark its 70th year travelling to the region.
The line has extended its Asia
season with more 14-night cruises from Singapore and Hong Kong, plus new itineraries calling at ports in Japan, South Korea and China. The Far East Discovery
itineraries include sailings from Taiwan or Hong Kong and include overnight stays in Shanghai plus Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Naha, Ishigaki, Keelung, Kaohsiung and Manila. As part of the cruise line’s
Explore4 promotion, guests on all bookings made by November 18 will receive a drinks package worth up to $1,400 per stateroom, one free speciality dining experience and reduced fares for third or fourth guests in staterooms. In addition, guests who book during Clia’s Plan a Cruise Month – running throughout October – qualify for a free extra onboard spend of up to $150 per person. To celebrate 70 years of travel
Norwegian plans custom-built ship for Alaska sailings
Norwegian Cruise Line is to build what it claims will be the first ship
built specifically for Alaska. Norwegian Bliss, the third in the line’s series of Breakaway Plus-class vessels, is due to enter service in June 2018 with custom-
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ALASKA: HAL is marking 70 years’ sailing
$1,400
Value of a HAL drinks package offered for free in a promotion
to Alaska, Holland America will dedicate seven ships to the region,
including the Signature-class Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam, with sailings from Vancouver and Seattle to Alaska between May and September 2017. Also part of the Alaska
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