MSC Food and Beverage Bringing ‘More Options and Choices’
The new MSC Virtuosa features five specialty restaurants including two new specialty dining concepts: HOLA! Tacos & Cantina and Indochine., according to Jacques van Staden, vice president of food and beverage. Staden said that the HOLA! Concept offers a street-food style Latin American and Mexican dining concept while the Indochine restaurant is the company’s original…
Ambassador Cruise Line: In With the New
A new cruise line with a host of familiar faces in management is what Ambassador Cruise Line brings to the British cruise market. Former executives of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), a cruise line that went into administration nearly a year ago, have teamed up to launch a new brand with a ship that was…
Carnival Investing in Connectivity Experience
“Stable, fast, affordable, and easy to connect to and use,” said John Harshaw, vice president of global infrastructure, describing the connectivity experience aboard the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. Harshaw said Carnival had been consistently making what he called significant investments to enhance shipboard internet access across its fleet. “This includes accessing high-capacity links, deploying resilient…
Renewed Interest in Shore Power for Cruise Lines and Ports
Shore power is gaining traction again with several ports announcing new installations. The renewed interest is driven by environmental concerns combined with legislative requirements and financial incentives in the form of grants. In Florida, Miami-Dade County signed a letter of intent with six cruise lines and Florida Power and Light in February to bring shore…
TUI Cruises Ramping Up Service
“We are confident we will have a minimum of three ships and up to four in service in Southern Europe by the end of the summer and three ships sailing from Northern Germany,” said Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI Cruises, in an interview with Cruise Industry News for the 2021 Summer edition of the Cruise…
V. Ships Leisure Excelling at Planning and Saving for Clients
As purchasing manager at V.Ships Leisure, Silvia Rondelli oversees the planning and procurement of technical spares and consumables on a daily basis, plus purchasing for major overhauls, drydocks, annual service and emergency maintenance for a wide variety of cruise line clients. “We work closely with MARCAS, the marine supply chain aggregator, which is our strategic…