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MSC unveils images of Bellissima


Harry Kemble harry.kemble@travelweekly.co.uk


MSC Cruises has released the first images of new ship MSC Bellissima.


The renderings were unveiled


100 days before the ship’s naming ceremony, in Southampton on


March 2. Bellissima will feature MSC’s new digital cruise assistant – Zoe – and dishes by Michelin-starred chef Ramon Freixa. The Hola! Tapas Bar, located on deck six, will offer food created by the Spaniard. Two new Cirque du Soleil


shows, designed exclusively for MSC Cruises, will also feature on


the ship. Bellissima will be the second


ship in the line’s fleet to offer Cirque du Soleil. The second ship in the


Meraviglia class will also feature a 700sq metre children’s play area, aqua park and a bowling alley. Its eight-night maiden cruise, departing from Southampton on March 4 2019, will call at Lisbon, Valencia, Barcelona and La Coruna. Prices lead in at £949.


Aurora adds three Antarctica fly-cruise itineraries for 2020-21


Aurora Expeditions will double its Antarctica flycruise programme in 2020-21 and has pledged to get agents on board its new ship when it launches in 2019. n , the line’s flycruise


programme, departing from King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, will increase from three to six sailings. The full programme will go on sale on January 18, but agents


can view itinerary details on December 3. Craig Upshall, the line’s UK


and Europe sales director, said he 22travelweekly.co.uk29 November 2018


would soon reveal how agents can get on board the 104-metre ship, which will carry 100 passengers in the polar regions.


BELLISSIMA: MSC revealed the pictures 100 days before its naming ceremony in Southampton on March 2 The ship’s three-night mini-


cruise, departing from Barcelona on March 12 and calling at Marseille and Genoa, leads in at £379. Antonio Paradiso, managing


director for UK & Ireland, said: “The [naming] event, as always, promises to be a star-studded, glittering affair, with more than 5,000 people from more than 20 countries around the world


AURORA: Six Antarctica sailings will go on sale on January 18


attending over a three-day period.” He said more details on


Bellissima’s naming ceremony would be revealed over the next


few months. msccruises.co.uk


“We are looking at options at


how we are going to bring the ship to agents,” he said. “With the limited numbers that we have on board, it is a huge investment for us to have agents there, so we are trying to take a group of key partners.” Meanwhile, Aurora Expeditions


has recruited Karen Hollands from Rocky Mountaineer as an inside sales executive to provide support to its 30 travel partners. These include Travel 2, which recently signed a contract with the line. Hollands will start in her role on


December 1. auroraexpeditions.co.uk


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