Great Early Booking Deals With MSC

By guest blogger Steve Newman

MSC Cruises recently announced that its 2011-12 winter collection will include the United Arab Emirates as a brand new destination.

To celebrate, MSC Cruises is offering amazing early booking prices, meaning the cost of an 8 day, 7-night cruise will start from an unbeatable £399 per person. Flights to Abu Dhabi are available on request at a discounted price of £500 per person. This incredible promotion will run from until November 15.

The elegant MSC Lirica will be based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for her busy 2011-12 winter season. Her itinerary includes nineteen 8 day, 7-night cruises from Abu Dhabi, with departures every Sunday from October 20, 2011, to March 4, 2012, and from Dubai, with departures every Friday from October 28-March 9.

With guaranteed sunshine, spectacular scenery, unbeatable shopping and the deluxe surroundings, cuisine and hospitality that are MSC standards, this is one deal that is definitely too good to miss!

For further details vist http://www.msccruises.co.uk/ or call the cruise specialist agents at The Cruise Line Ltd on 0800 008 6677.

MSC Cruises Remembers The Fallen

By guest blogger Steve Newman

On Sunday November 14, 2010, the nation will once again remember the fallen from 1914 through to Iraq and Afghanistan.

To mark Remembrance Sunday, MSC Cruises will be offering military veterans and those currently serving in the armed forces, together with their families, an amazing 50% discount off all 2011 Mediterranean Summer sailings. The reduction will apply to all new bookings made from November 11-15.

Customers should be registered with the MoD and provide a valid service number. One cabin will benefit from the discount (regardless of its occupation) per service number provided. Discount applies on the cruise portion only; flights and other additional services can be booked at usual rates.

In addition to the discount, as with all MSC cruises, children under 18 travelling in the same cabin as two adults cruise for free.

For more information, log on to MSC Cruises or check out specialist cruise agents The Cruise Line on 0800 008 6677.

MSC add Middle East Cruises

By guest blogger Steve Newman

The elegant MSC Lirica (above) will be based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the first time for her busy 2011-2012 winter season. The itinerary of the MSC Cruises vessel includes a full schedule of nineteen 8-day/7-night voyages from Abu Dhabi, with departures every Sunday from October 30, 2011, to March 4, 2012, and from Dubai, with departures every Friday.

The 59,000-ton Lirica, which has capacity for a total of 2,069 guests in 780 cabins, will call at the port of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman, Al Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, the island Kingdom of Bahrain and include two unforgettable nights in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE.

On October 14, 2011, the ship will depart from Genoa for a 17-day maiden cruise to Abu Dhabi, to start her first ever season in the region. Her southbound course will take her to Naples and Port Said, through the Suez Canal to Aqaba in Jordan, then Salalah and Muscat in Oman and finally to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Arabia will say farewell to Lirica five months later when she starts her northbound return cruise with scheduled stops in Al Fujairah, Muscat, Salalah, Safaga, Aqaba, Port Sokhna (Egypt), Port Said and finally Naples and Genoa.

For more information, got to www.MSCcruises.co.uk

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