MSC Magnifica's restart is delayed to Oct. 19, and the ship will sail longer (10-night) cruises to both the Western and Eastern Mediterranean, instead of just to the Eastern Med.

To the end of 2021, MSC Cruises is discounting fares up to or exceeding half of the cost of its usual rates for healthcare professionals and their families, and inviting feedback about their experience ‘to improve further our protocol as they...

MSC Grandiosa turned around in Genoa Sunday at the end of its first cruise, which was very closely watched as the first big ship to resume sailing in Europe.

MSC Cruises postponed MSC Magnifica's restart until Sept. 26. The ship was planned to resume service Aug. 29.

MSC Cruises’ Grandiosa arrived at Valletta Cruise Port on Friday morning as the first of the line's ships to operate since the pandemic.

MSC Grandiosa slowly edged away from her berth in Genoa at 7.30 Sunday evening carrying around 1,000 passengers to become the first ship from the MSC Cruises fleet to welcome guests back and to implement the company’s health and safety protocol.

With cruise ship operations in Italy resuming this weekend, Genoa’s Stazioni Marittime is preparing to welcome passengers to its terminal after a four-month-plus break in activity.

Italy's leading cruise operators, MSC and Costa Cruises, welcomed the country's green light to sail.

MSC Grandiosa could resume cruise operations round-trip from Genoa as early as August 16, followed by MSC Magnifica from Bari on August 29, if an Italian government decree expected in the coming days gives the green light, MSC Cruises CEO Gianni...

Preparing for a potential Mediterranean restart this summer with MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica, MSC Cruises detailed health protocols that include COVID-19 swab testing and, initially, the ability to go ashore only on MSC excursions.