MSC YACHT CLUB SPREADS ITS AWARD-WINNING WINGS

From 3 to 6 December 2012, MSC Cruises will be showcasing its celebrated Fantasia class ships and their exclusive MSC Yacht Club at the 11th annual International Luxury Travel Market.

During this leading ‘invitation only' event which brings together the world's most sought after collection of luxury travel experiences, attendees can visit stand O171 in the exhibition area, where an MSC Yacht Club butler will provide a warm welcome and a small but authentic slice of the MSC Yacht Club upscale experience, and where a range of MSC Yacht Club gifts will be available for visitors.

The MSC Yacht Club is an exclusive ‘ship within a ship' on the foredecks of MSC's most luxurious Fantasia class vessels, offering guests the ultimate experience in luxury, privacy and personal service. With its private decks, sweeping sea views, and butler serviced superior suites, the trend-setting concept is a distinguished sanctuary for guests seeking peace, privacy and exclusivity but with access to all that large cruise ships offer.

MSC Yacht Club guests enjoy their own One Pool and solarium complex, a Top Sail panoramic private lounge serving gourmet snacks all day, and the dedicated restaurant, where they can savour gourmet cuisine with a menu catering for the fussiest of fine diners. A private lift gives direct access to the MSC Aurea Spa where guests have free access to the thermal suite of saunas and steam rooms. Luxuriously spacious and designed with careful attention to detail, materials and purpose designed works of art, the MSC Yacht Club suites range from Deluxe to Executive and Family to Royal categories. Amenities are designed for guests of all ages, including a complimentary mini-bar with soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, a Nintendo Wii console, marble spa bathrooms, Egyptian cotton bed linen, a Dorelan pillow menu and much more. A 24-hour butler service assists guests at all times during their cruise from packing and unpacking, priority embarkation and disembarkation, dinner reservations to shopping at a selection of stores on the ship and reservations for excursions and spa treatments.

Since first launched on MSC Fantasia and MSC Splendida, the MSC Yacht Club concept has become a true benchmark of exclusive travel which, until recently, was available exclusively to guests cruising on Mediterranean itineraries.

However, the recent addition of MSC Divina and the imminent arrival of MSC Preziosa, the precious fourth and final addition to MSC's Fantasia class, means that MSC is now able to deploy Fantasia class ships, and the multi-award winning MSC Yacht Club, all around the world.

While MSC Splendida and MSC Divina are currently cruising around some of the Mediterranean's most stunning destinations, in November 2012 MSC Fantasia became the first Fantasia class ship to set sail for South America, where she will homeport from Santos, Brazil until 5 March 2013, taking MSC Yacht Club guests to some of Brazil's most beautiful destinations in unparalleled, sumptuous style.

For the first time ever, MSC Cruises will also send one of its acclaimed Fantasia class ships to homeport from North America, offering guests embarking in Miami the opportunity to discover Caribbean itineraries. From 20 November 2013 until 12 April 2014, MSC Divina guests can visit some of the most popular destinations in the Caribbean while enjoying the divine onboard experience of a rather special MSC Yacht Club, with its unique Sophia Loren themed cabin and a private library containing a selection of approximately 20 of her favourite novels.

As the final Fantasia class ship, MSC Preziosa promises to take the MSC Yacht Club to great new heights with its stunning design and refined features. She will join the MSC Cruises' fleet on
23 March 2013 and spend the 2013 summer season in the Mediterranean before heading to Brazil for the 2013/2014 winter season. 

With four Fantasia class ships in action from March 2013, the world is the MSC Yacht Club's oyster.

Did you know?

The Swarovski spiral staircase in the Concierge Reception of the MSC Yacht Club is made up of 16 solid glass steps, each glistening with between 45 and 50 genuine Swarovski crystals. That's almost 800 dazzling crystals!

MSC Cruises doesn't like to do things by halves and works creatively and without compromise to bring its guests an experience that's 100% exceptional, especially in terms of the MSC Yacht Club. It's therefore no surprise that some exceptional people love the MSC Yacht Club, including Sophia Loren, the MSC fleet's acclaimed Godmother, who has stayed in the MSC Yacht Club no less than three times - on MSC Fantasia in 2008, MSC Splendida in 2009 and MSC Divina in 2012.

The US's annual 2011 Leaders in Luxury Award identified the MSC Yacht Club as having revolutionised the ultra-luxury cruise experience for upscale guests seeking privacy and exclusivity.