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MSC launches summer 2022 as UK boss predicts 'longer' wave

Destinations
Tom Parry
17 December 2020

Cruising’s traditional wave booking period in 2021 could go beyond February and even last as long as May, MSC Cruises’ UK chief has predicted.

Antonio Paradiso, MSC Cruises

Antonio Paradiso will assume responsibility for Explora Journeys in the UK and Ireland

Speaking ahead of the line’s summer 2022 programme going on sale, Antonio Paradiso told TTG he believed “next year there will be no such thing as a normal wave and peaks season”. 

“I can see everything blending together and lasting a lot longer than usual – it could be one season that starts in January and ends in May.”

Paradiso said demand during this elongated booking period would perhaps not be as strong as previous years but recent “very encouraging” sales made during MSC’s Black Friday campaign had given him more confidence.