In order to show appreciation for global healthcare workers and their efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, MSC Cruises is offering them and their families discounted cruise fares through the end of 2021.
“As a family-owned company, we think it’s only right and proper to find a way to express our heartfelt thank you to each and every healthcare professional of the world — as well as their families — for their selfless and tireless dedication, professionalism and bravery in tackling the current global pandemic,” said Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of MSC Cruises, in a press release. “To all of them: front-line and back office workers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, those who work in research laboratories and, in fact, everyone who is a health worker, at all levels.”
Vago also acknowledges how such professionals have contributed greatly to the line’s own new health and safety protocols, which have allowed MSC Grandiosa to begin successfully operating again in the Mediterranean.
“For the past five months, we have worked around the clock with highly qualified and internationally respected medical experts to draw up a comprehensive healthcare and safety operating protocol to protect the well-being of all passengers onboard our ships, as well as the communities we touch in the ports we call and the tourist destinations our guests visit,” he said. “The backbone of our protocol is down to the new data, research into COVID-19 and improved understanding of the virus that worldwide healthcare professionals have established during the pandemic, and we want to thank them for their selfless and tireless work.”
Discounted cruises, available to international healthcare workers and their immediate families, will go on sale starting Aug. 31. All departure dates of any duration through the end of 2021 will be reservable up to or exceeding 50% off the regular rates if booked by April 30, 2021.
The program will also extend to a series of onboard activities that will recognize and celebrate these special MSC guests.
“In the U.S., MSC Cruises will only restart operations when the time is right, following approval by the CDC and other relevant authorities across the region in observance of their requirements and guidelines,” according to the line.
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