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MSC Preziosa to sail from Southampton next winter

Friday, 4 February 20223 min read
MSC Preziosa to sail from Southampton next winter

MSC Cruises revealed its winter 2022/2023 lineup with a choice of 21 ships sailing to more than 190 destinations in 85 countries.

MSC Preziosa will arrive in Southampton on the 3 October for a series of Northern European cruises visiting destinations including Amsterdam, Bruges and Le Havre.

It will sail from Southampton until April 2023 and joins MSC Virtuosa for a short period in Southampton which completes its summer season on 4 November.

Antonio Paradiso, MD MSC Cruises UK & Ireland said: "Our commitment to the UK market continues to grow and we are proud that we are providing agents with such a variety of products to sell in the Ex-UK space this year."

"Sailing MSC Virtuosa from Southampton last year allowed us a great opportunity to access the new to cruise market who made up 50% of our sales for Summer 2021."

"I am delighted to be bringing MSC Virtuosa and MSC Preziosa to the UK in 2022 allowing us to offer more choice than ever before."

MSC will launch two new ships for the upcoming winter season, the first being MSC World Europa, the company’s first LNG powered ship.

MSC World Europa will be based in Doha for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and then f offer cruises calling Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas (United Arab Emirates) Doha (Qatar) and Dammam (Saudi Arabia).

MSC Seascape will become the second new ship to launch next winter and will offer Caribbean sailings out of PortMiami.