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Cunard Reveals Queen Anne’s Wellness Offering

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Cunard has revealed a glimpse of the wellness offering onboard its upcoming ship, the Queen Anne.

Cunard invited a group of travel agent partners for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the ship which is currently under construction at the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice. The tour was hosted by Captain Inger Thorhauge, who will be at the helm for Queen Anne’s inaugural sailing from Southampton to Lisbon on May 3, 2024.

The Queen Anne will introduce a selection of fitness, beauty, thermal and spa facilities with its reimagined Mareel Wellness & Beauty concept. From cryotherapy treatments to a Himalayan salt sauna and cold room, guests will be able to enjoy a range of crafted experiences designed for the body and soul.

The ship’s wellness spaces include The Pavilion, located on the top deck with a glass dome roof that retracts in warmer areas. The multi-purpose space will encompass the top deck Wellness Studio, which will be open from sunrise to sunset, as well as the Wellness Café, where guests can enjoy seasonal dishes.

The Queen Anne’s Wellness Club will also boast a tailormade program for solo travellers, where, on embarkation night, they can relax and unwind together at a meet-and-greet.

Katie McAlister, president of Cunard, said: “For more than 180 years, Cunard has constantly refined the definitive experience of luxury ocean travel and I am incredibly excited that we are now just six months away from beginning the next chapter of our remarkable story. It is both incredible and inspiring to see the progress that has been made by the craftsman, engineers, and workforce here at Fincantieri shipyard and as we start to see Queen Anne’s interiors take shape, we can all see what a truly magnificent Queen she will become. I know that guests around the world are looking forward to sailing with our new Queen and we are counting down the days until we can welcome them aboard.”

Shed the pounds on a Dukan diet cruise!

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Shed the pounds on a Dukan diet cruise!

MSC Cruises is launching a unique “diet themed cruise” in January next year with one of the most famous nutritionists in the world, French diet specialist Dr Pierre Dukan.

The cruise promises to give guests the chance to lose weight, tone up and tan during a mid-winter holiday in the Med.

Losing weight naturally is key to the internationally famous Dukan Diet Method, so it’s not surprising that the 11-night cruise created especially for French speaking guests aboard the flagship MSC Fantasia is all about having fun, enjoying great food and being exposed to the ship’s extensive state-of-the-art physical fitness facilities.

Even the shore excursions and walking tours of the famous cities where MSC Fantasia calls during the cruise will form an integral part of the scientifically structured diet programme.

And the highlight of the cruise will be the chance to meet Dr Pierre Dukan himself at a private onboard party. A nutritionist and specialist in food behavior for over 30 years, his 19 books including the French best seller “I don’t know how to lose weight” (The Dukan Diet book) have sold 2.5 million copies and brought him over 20 million followers worldwide.A team of expert nutritionists, dieticians and a specialist physician trained in the Dukan Method will be onboard to give professional advice and care throughout the cruise which departs Genoa, Italy, on 30 January and returns on 10 February.

Guests will receive a Diet Kit and undergo a personal health assessment at the start of the cruise before being advised on individual diet and sports training programmes. They will also be invited to daily workshops on procedures and technical aspects of losing weight, culinary demonstrations, cooking lessons and themed conferences.

Dr. Dukan says he has strived to develop a method that allows him to have fun while dieting because he himself has always fought against being overweight.

“This method works because you can eat as much as you like from a list of 100 different foods as long as you follow the mentoring and monitoring of my team of experts,” says Dukan.

The partnership with Dr Pierre Dukan illustrates the company’s commitment to continually find new theme cruise options that meet the expectations of passengers.

“Mealtimes are one of the most luxurious features of cruise holidays. It is a time to relax and effortlessly enjoy an array of the finest gourmet gastronomy the world has to offer and Dr Dukan will be able to illustrate how our superb menus can be incorporated as part of a healthy and balanced diet programme,” said Erminio Eschena, General Director of MSC Cruises France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

MSC Fantasia’s superb onboard physical fitness facilities also present a fun accompaniment for ensuring weight loss: they include the gym, sauna, steam room, jogging track outdoor swimming pool, tennis court, squash court and even other activities like disco dancing.

During ports of call losing weight continues to be pure pleasure when exploring the cultural and artistic highlights of Barcelona, the ancient folk traditions of charming Malaga and the magnificent gardens and museums of Funchal in Madeira. Guests will also be delighted by the sacred mosques and traditional markets of Casablanca in Morocco, the gorgeous island seascapes of S. Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands and the historic landmarks that make Rome such a world famous destination.

 Have you tried the Dukan diet? Would you be interested in a Dukan cruise with MSC, if they launched one for English speaking guests?

MSC Collects €1M for Unicef

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MSC Collects €1M for Unicef

 official Press Release

Great success for MSC Cruises’ Get on Board for Children initiative

MSC Cruises is proud to announce that a grand total of 1 million euros has been collected so far for the Get on Board for Children initiative in support of a project promoting quality education development in Brazil.

The initiative, which relies on donations generously made by guests cruising aboard all 11 passenger liners in the MSC Cruises’ fleet, was introduced in 2009 as part of a three-year partnership agreement with UNICEF and the UNICEF Urban Platform Initiative project in Brazil. The project aims to help address the structural and social inequalities in 94 favelas in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Itaquaquecetuba.

By joining the initiative, MSC Cruises has demonstrated its deep commitment to the promotion of equal opportunities for children and adolescents through the provision of access to quality education.

The project is currently on the homestretch of the initiative’s first cycle, in which governments, non-governmental organizations, communities, families and adolescents have pulled together to give an even stronger boost to reaching the goals initially established by municipalities and communities at the beginning of the project.

In terms of education for instance, municipal schools from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have launched a monitoring process to assess the implementation of Law 10639/03 which requires the inclusion of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous history and culture in all official school curriculums. The objective is to expand the number of schools implementing the law in order to foster racial equality and in so doing provide children and adolescents with quality education. This is precisely what MSC Cruises is committed to.

“1 million euros represents a major milestone in our fund raising effort and we are honoured, together with our valued passengers who have so generously supported this initiative, to actively participate in providing quality education to children and adolescents in the most destitute of Brazilian favelas. I am proud of the significant achievements reached so far. While I appreciate that we must progress one step at a time to succeed in our endeavour to drastically help improve access to quality education in Brazil, I am confident that our objectives will be achieved”, said MSC Cruises CEO Pierfrancesco Vago.

Get on Board for Children
MSC Cruises’ guests are invited to Get on Board for Children and make a difference by offering a small donation in addition to their cruise fare. This can be as little as €1 which can simply be added to the bill at the end of their cruise.