Majestic Princess arrives

PRINCESS Cruises took delivery of its first international luxury ship tailored to the China market, Majes c Princess from shipbuilder Fincantieri on Fri.

The ceremony took place at the shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy and was attended by the Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni; executives from Carnival Corporation including Micky Arison, chairman; Arnold Donald, chief executive officer; Stein Kruse, chief executive officer of Holland America Group; Jan Swartz, group president of Princess Cruises and Carnival Australia; Anthony Kaufman, executive vice president international operations of Princess Cruises, and Cherry Wang, vice president and general manager of the Princess Cruises’ brand offices in China.

Fincantieri was represented by Giuseppe Bono, ceo, and Giampiero Massolo, chairman.

The 143,000-tonne Majes c Princess operated a preview cruise from 31 Mar to 04 Apr before departing from Rome on her five-day inaugural voyage exploring the Adriatic Sea.

MEANWHILE, Princess Cruises has revealed details of its 2017 Encounters with Discovery at Sea speaker series program which will debut on Ruby, Star, Grand and Island Princess five to 10-day sailings dep Mar through May.