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Rubén Rodríguez appointed president of MSC Cruises USA

MSC Cruises USA tapped Carnival Cruise Line veteran Rubén Rodríguez as president.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

February 10, 2020

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Replaces Roberto Fusaro

He’ll join March 18 and replaces Roberto Fusaro, who left at the end of January for personal reasons. Fusaro held the job since 2016.

Rodríguez will report to MSC Cruises CEO Gianni Onorato in Geneva and work side by side with MSC Cruises USA Chairman Rick Sasso, COO Ken Muskat and the rest of the leadership team based in Fort Lauderdale.

He is tasked with strengthening the company’s strategy in the US region, in commercial presence and brand awareness, and with leveraging MSC Cruises’ long-term investments made in recent years.  

Oversight of PortMiami project and Ocean Cay

Rodríguez will also oversee the development of MSC Cruises’ future terminal at PortMiami, which is due to open in October 2022, and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas, which came online in late 2019.

Rodríguez spent eight years at the Carnival brand, ultimately as EVP ship operations between 2009 and 2015. Before that, he was EVP marketing and guest experience from 2007 to 2009.

Great Wolf Resorts

More recently he was CEO of Great Wolf Resorts, North America’s largest owner and operator of indoor water park family resorts, between 2015 and 2017. For the past two years, he has been a senior adviser and board member to a range of international companies and private equity firms, engaged in investments and growth and performance improvement programs for brands in the travel and leisure sectors.

Before Carnival, Rodríguez was a partner and managing director for the Boston Consulting Group.

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About the Author

Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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