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quote:MSC ramps up German capacityMay 24, 2006MSC Lirica and MSC Opera will homeport in Kiel in 2007 for more than 35 calls and, in 2008, MSC Opera and MSC Poesia will sail weekly cruises, May to September, from the German city. The deployment was announced today by MSC Cruises spokesman Ingo Thiel at a news conference hosted by Kiel Mayor Angelica Volquartz. At 90,000gt, MSC Poesia will be the largest cruise ship ever calling at Kiel. The vessel is under construction for a Spring 2008 delivery. More details will be provided next week by MSC Cruises ceo Pierfrancesco Vago during the maiden call of MSC Lirica to Kiel. Vago will host a shipboard reception for more than 1,500 travel agents, German media and city officials. MSC Kreuzfahrten Munich md Falk-Hartwig Rost will welcome the agents for a two-day incentive cruise to Copenhagen. ‘The announcement of MSC to strengthen its ties with Kiel even more in 2008 shows that Kiel has taken the necessary steps to invest more than €20m into the 2007 opening of Cruise Terminal Ostsekai, and we can accept many more ships at this state-of-the-art terminal,’ said Heinz Bachmann, marketing director of the Port of Kiel. Seatrade Insider
MSC Lirica and MSC Opera will homeport in Kiel in 2007 for more than 35 calls and, in 2008, MSC Opera and MSC Poesia will sail weekly cruises, May to September, from the German city.
The deployment was announced today by MSC Cruises spokesman Ingo Thiel at a news conference hosted by Kiel Mayor Angelica Volquartz.
At 90,000gt, MSC Poesia will be the largest cruise ship ever calling at Kiel. The vessel is under construction for a Spring 2008 delivery.
More details will be provided next week by MSC Cruises ceo Pierfrancesco Vago during the maiden call of MSC Lirica to Kiel. Vago will host a shipboard reception for more than 1,500 travel agents, German media and city officials. MSC Kreuzfahrten Munich md Falk-Hartwig Rost will welcome the agents for a two-day incentive cruise to Copenhagen.
‘The announcement of MSC to strengthen its ties with Kiel even more in 2008 shows that Kiel has taken the necessary steps to invest more than €20m into the 2007 opening of Cruise Terminal Ostsekai, and we can accept many more ships at this state-of-the-art terminal,’ said Heinz Bachmann, marketing director of the Port of Kiel.
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Will Vago say so long to USA executive team in time?Better revenue in South America than USA!!!Why not move into Australia soon?What do you think folks....will USA plug be pulled or not?Thoughts please....thanks.
quote:BR BOB wrote:More investing in European countries...No Musica to USA...No New York sailings for Lirica...Better revenue in Europe vs. USA...Shortened Opera 2006/2007 series in Caribbean...Sasso executive team cuts recently...Will Vago say so long to USA executive team in time?Better revenue in South America than USA!!!Why not move into Australia soon?What do you think folks....will USA plug be pulled or not?Thoughts please....thanks.
Hi BR BOB. I do see them consolidating in Europe and eventually trying Australia and probably India. I also foresee one of their ships deployed on world cruises targeting primarily the Italian, French, Spanish and German markets. The next 12-months or so will tell us how they’ll plan their future in North America, but I don’t think MSC will pull the plug there, they’ll just re-access things.
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