MSC Cruises Is Constructing a New Non-public Island in The Bahamas

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

MSC Cruises, the world’s third-largest cruise line, already owns Ocean Cay Marine Protect in The Bahamas. The unreal island was first constructed within the late Nineteen 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 challenge is within the early levels of growth and is being undertaken in cooperation with The Bahamas.

“This presents a chance for us to additional develop an unique luxurious expertise for our visitors,” 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 visitors to nature, pristine seashores, and the fantastic thing about the ocean plus luxurious services and water options. Extra data shall be shared because it turns into accessible.”

Pierfrancesco Vago, an MSC government chairman, added in an announcement: “This may supply a unique expertise for the totally different manufacturers. We design the island to be an unbelievable 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 prevailing 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 a part of others that embrace Royal Caribbean’s CocoCay, Carnival’s Half Moon Cay, Montage Resorts & Resorts’ Montage Cay, and Disney Cruise Line’s Castaway Cay.

On April 10, MSC Cruises opened its new Marine Conservation Heart 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.