The 260-meter-long vessel carried 2,400 passengers willing to take a closer look at a country that now seems to be a tad off limits once again.
MSC will take delivery of 11 newbuilds between 2017 and 2026, including four LNG-powered World Class ships and six confirmed orders: two Seaside Class, two Meraviglia Class and two Meraviglia Plus Class vessels.
More than one million cruise passengers visited Honduras in 2016, a 14.7% rise from 2015, according to new statistics from the Honduran Institute of Tourism and the port authority.
Named The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, the venture is to represent a “unique foray into the cruise industry for a luxury hotel operator.”
Victory Cruise Lines president and CEO Bruce Nierenberg said the small-ship operator has obtained authority from the Cuban government to cruise to Cuba. Nierenberg said that he is in Havana to negotiate port specifics.
Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas is no longer the largest cruise ship in the world; Its new Symphony of the Seas sister-ship is.