MSC SPLENDIDA

MSC Serenata renamed Splendida

May 31, 2007 - MSC Serenata has been given a new name - Splendida - to reflect her beauty and elegance.

The change is in response to the enthusiastic reaction of Raphaela Aponte - who was responsible for all the ships interior design details - to the designs prepared by architect De Jorio.

Declared MSC's CEO Pierfrancesco Vago: "This unique ship has many wonderful attributes including attention to detail, choice of colours, perfect harmony of spaces and the displays of elegant works of art that will be on board. This ship had to be named MSC Splendida, a ship created to amaze and inspire its guests."

Splendida is sister ship to MSC Fantasia, largest ships to be commissioned by a European ship owner, and will join the fleet in the autumn of 2008 and the spring of 2009. The length of each of the two ships will be six times that of the Tower of Pisa and 10 metres longer than the Eiffel Tower.

Both ships will have a privately accessed area with a dedicated concierge, a panoramic lounge, swimming pool and solarium and direct access to the wellbeing centre. There will be 90 suites each with a balcony plus a butler service, exclusive to the guests of the Club. Each feature a three-dimensional cinema, a 1,500sq m spa, a Sport Bar and a Tex Mex restaurant open 24 hours a day.