North American Headquarters:
MSC Cruises (USA) Inc.
6750 N. Andrews Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Suite 100
P. 954.772.6262
F: 908.605.2600
Reservations: 800.666.9333
Consumer Website: www.msccruisesusa.com
Key Executives
Richard Sasso | President and CEO
Nicola Gargiulo| Chief Operating Officer
James Henwood | Sr. VP, Passenger Services
Gail Nicolaus | VP, Marketing & Public Relations
Nicola Iannone | Director, National Accounts
Wayne Peyreau | Director, Sales North America USA
Lucy Schnorrbusch | Director, Sales Support
Susan Ferluga | Director, Yield Management, Inventory & Pricing
Jeff Herzfeld | Director, Consumer Sales
Albino Di Lorenzo | Manager, Cruise Operations & Shore Excursions
Magalie Cassidy | Manager, Reservations And Groups
Lincoln Mundell
| Manager | Key Accounts
Ian Patterson | General Manager of Canada
Ownership
MSC Cruises (USA) Inc.is the North American sales and marketing agent of MSC Crociere, SA, of Naples, Italy. This Italian-owned cruise line operates a fleet of
ten cruise ships. It is part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company family, a privately-owned shipping group founded in 1970 and headquartered in Geneva. Specializing in ocean and intermodal transportation worldwide, Mediterranean Shipping Company is the 2nd largest container carrier in the world, with more than 300 container ships. Mediterranean Shipping Company was selected by Containerisation International as 1999 Company of the Year and by a Lloyd Loading List customer service poll as 1996 Shipping Line of the Year.
History
MSC Cruises was founded in 1990 by its owner and Chairman, Gianluigi Aponte, and currently operates
12 vessels with one more vessel under construction slated for delivery by 2013.
Product
Modern Italian Architecture and design, attentive Italian hospitality and cuisine. MSC Cruises features distinctive itineraries in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Northern Europe, South America as well as Ocean Voyages. Plus kids 11
and under sail free on MSC when sailing as the third/fourth guest in stateroom.
Fleet
MSC Cruises has the most modern fleet in the world with 12 ships:MSC Divina, MSC Splendida
and MSC Fantasia (the largest ships built for a European ship owner), MSC
Poesia, MSC Magnifica, MSC Orchestra, MSC Musica, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Armonia, MSC Opera, MSC
Lirica and MSC Melody. The fleet cruises year round in the Mediterranean and
seasonally in Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, North America
and Canada, South America, the Indian Ocean, South and West Africa. MSC Cruises is the only company in the world to
receive the “6 Golden Pearls” award from the Bureau Veritas in recognition of
its high level of quality management and environmental protection. As a
family-friendly cruise line, MSC Cruises cares about children and in providing a
lasting and positive impact in the lives of those kids in need. It recently
forged a three-year, million-dollar partnership with UNICEF to fund a community
project in Brazil while increasing awareness of this cause onboard its ships.
Seasons
Year-round
Departure Points
1. Mediterranean Cruises - Genoa, Rome, Venice, Naples, Trieste and Bari, Italy; Barcelona and Valencia, Spain
2. Northern European Cruises- Copenhagen, Kiel and Amsterdam
3. Caribbean Cruises - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4. South American Cruises - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5. South African Cruises- Duban, Cape Town
5. Ocean Voyages - Genoa, Fort Lauderdale, Venice, Rio de Janeiro
6. Red Sea
Clientele
European itineraries: Mostly European with a growing number of North and South Americans.
Caribbean: Primarily North Americans.