MSC Cruises today announced the appointment of Alessandro Guerreri as the new Managing Director of its business in Australasia (CW breaking news). Guerreri (pictured right) has relocated to the local office from MSC Cruises headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland where he was most recently Business Unit Director of On Board Retail,...
MSC Cruises today announced the appointment of Alessandro Guerreri as the new Managing Director of its business in Australasia (CW breaking news).
Guerreri (pictured right) has relocated to the local office from MSC Cruises headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland where he was most recently Business Unit Director of On Board Retail, Casino, Spa, Photo and Other Revenues.
He steps into the shoes of Lynne Clarke (right) who has been MD Australasia since MSC established its Sydney-based regional office nine years ago.
Clarke will take the newly created role of MSC Chairman, Australasia, with responsibility for the line’s “relationships with local institutions, maritime relevant entities and other stakeholders”.
MSC Cruises VP of Global Sales, Achille Staiano, said “the appointment of a member of the company’s senior management team from Geneva to lead MSC Cruises’ business across Australia and New Zealand is meant to support creating an ever stronger link between MSC Cruises’ central functions and the local market”.
He said the move would further strengthen relationships with the local travel trade to maximise opportunities to grow Australasian passengers to the overall guest mix on board MSC’s current and future fleet.
Staiano also hailed Clarke’s long-term commitment and dedication to MSC Cruises.
“Over the last nine years she has worked hard to raise our brand’s awareness in the Australasian market, turning MSC Cruises into a well-known brand”.
MSC is currently in the middle of a massive fleet expansion program, with 17 new next generation vessels to be added by 2027, bringing the line’s total annual capacity to more than 5.5 million guests.
MEANWHILE MSC also today finalised contracts for the construction of four of those vessels which will operate as a separate luxury sub-brand, confirming a memorandum of agreement with Fincantieri last Oct (TD 19 Oct 2018).
The first of the new luxury MSC ships will be delivered in 2023.
