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MSC World Asia Begins Sea Trials Ahead of 2026 Barcelona Debut
MSC says the ship will include more than forty bars, lounges, cafes and restaurants, including a Pan-Asian venue and a Venchi chocolate store in the Deck 6 Galleria.
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MSC World Asia to Debut Venchi’s Largest Shipboard Venue
The Deck Six Galleria venue will seat more than sixty guests. A chocolate lab will let guests make custom bars with Piedmont hazelnut or chocolate caviar.
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Galveston Cruise Terminal 16 Earns LEED Silver Certification
Built from former warehouses, Terminal 16 reuses about eighty-five percent of existing structural elements and can handle up to five thousand passengers at a time.
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MSC Launches Remote Cruise Check-In at Sea-Tac for Alaska Sailings
At the pier, eligible guests move directly to security screening and boarding, bypassing traditional check-in desks after airport document verification.
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MSC Preziosa Makes First 2026 Svalbard Call at Longyearbyen
A second Longyearbyen call is scheduled for August 15 on a similar two-week Norwegian itinerary, with two more Spitsbergen cruises planned in both 2027 and 2028.
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MSC World Asia to Debut Pan-Asian Street-Food Venue
MSC has not announced the venue’s final name; the ship’s broader lineup includes nineteen dining venues and forty bars, lounges, cafes and restaurants.
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MSC Meraviglia Stays in Southampton for 21 Cruises in 2028
The June 10 British Isles sailing is planned around the Football Championship, with live match streams, themed entertainment and calls including Belfast and Greenock.
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MSC Cruises Launches July 4 Sale for U.S. Homeport Sailings
Five sailings from United States homeports overlap July 4, including MSC Seascape from Galveston and MSC Poesia from Seattle in MSC's first year sailing in Alaska.
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MSC Foundation Convenes Experts on Bahamas Coral Disease Response
First identified in Florida in 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease had reached 33 countries by mid-2025 and affected more than 175 square miles of Bahamian reef.
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CLIA Report Details Cruise Lines’ Net-Zero Technology Push
At Ocean Cay in The Bahamas, MSC converted a former sand-dredging site into a sixty-four-square-mile marine reserve after investing more than four hundred million dollars.
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MSC to Expand Ocean Cay With Two-Ship Pier by Late 2027
Ocean Cay is slated for late 2027 upgrades, including an adults-only beach, family lagoon and extended pier that can handle two ships at the same time.
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MSC Cruises Expands Aurea Spa Fleetwide With Medical Wellness
MSC has not named the first North America ships or pricing; the new menu includes intravenous therapy, dermal fillers and permanent make-up.