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MSC Cruises switches ships in eastern Med
MSC Cruises is deploying extra capacity in the eastern Mediterranean next year due to demand.
MSC Poesia, which sleeps 2,550 passengers, and MSC Magnifica, which sleeps 2,518, will homeport in Venice between May and November, calling at Bari or Brindisi (Italy), Katakolon (Greece), Izmir and Istanbul (Turkey) and Dubrovnik (Croatia).
They will replace the larger MSC Preziosa (3,502 passengers) which currently sails these routes alone, but will switch to a western Mediterranean itinerary from Genoa.
The extra capacity means MSC Cruises will be able to carry more than 1,500 additional guests to eastern Med.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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