MSC Cruises Is Constructing a New Personal Island in The Bahamas

One cruise firm is creating its personal luxurious location for its vacationers by making a complete new island.

MSC Cruises, the world’s third-largest cruise line, already owns Ocean Cay Marine Protect in The Bahamas. The bogus island was first constructed within the late Sixties and MSC Cruises, which holds a 100-year lease, redeveloped it in 2015 as a luxurious vacation spot. Now, the corporate is working to develop a brand new island that shall be a couple of third of the dimensions of Ocean Cay.

Identified informally for now as “Little Cay,” the brand new island shall be constructed on a pure sandbank. The mission is within the early phases of growth and is being undertaken in cooperation with The Bahamas.

“This presents a possibility for us to additional develop an unique luxurious expertise for our friends,” Sidney Sterling, director of media relations with MSC Cruises USA, mentioned in an announcement shared with Journey + Leisure. “This second island will keep true to the ethos of Ocean Cay, providing an expertise that connects friends to nature, pristine seashores, and the great thing about the ocean plus luxurious amenities and water options. Extra info shall be shared because it turns into accessible.”

Pierfrancesco Vago, an MSC govt chairman, added in an announcement: “This can supply a special expertise for the completely different manufacturers. We design the island to be an unimaginable luxurious expertise. We’re very proud and really comfortable to have developed once more one thing from nothing like this so we do not spoil the present paradise.”

Little Cay will supply a brand new non-public unique luxurious expertise to cruisers with MSC. The Bahamas is a well-liked spot for personal islands, and Little Cay will be part of others that embody Royal Caribbean’s CocoCay, Carnival’s Half Moon Cay, Montage Accommodations & Resorts’ Montage Cay, and Disney Cruise Line’s Castaway Cay.

On April 10, MSC Cruises opened its new Marine Conservation Middle on Ocean Cay as a useful resource for biologists, scientists, college students, and guests to the island. Ocean Cay has eight seashores on its lengthy shores.