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About MSC World America requirements under the International the strictest international IMO standards,
MSC World America will create an Maritime Organization’s Energy Efficiency including the so-called Baltic standard.
eye-catching silhouette against the Miami Design Index (EEDI). The ship’s The ship is fitted with advanced waste
skyline when she enters service in April latest-generation engines will reduce management systems to reduce, reuse, and
2025. The new World Class ship’s signature greenhouse gases emissions (GHG) by up recycle the waste generated on board.
plumb bow will rise vertically from to 20 percent, along with an 85 percent MSC Cruises has reduced the intensity
the waterline and her Y-shaped aft will reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions of its ship operations by 33.5 percent
open onto the impressive outdoor World and a nearly total elimination of sulphur since 2008, and the company will achieve
Esplanade. Overall, MSC World America oxide and particulate emissions. The ship a 40% reduction ahead of the IMO 2030
will contain more than 420,000 square feet is capable of running on Bio-LNG and target. Far beyond simply finding further
of public space, and offer top-of-the-line Synthetic Renewable LNG, either of which operational efficiencies, MSC Cruises
features and facilities. would achieve greenhouse gas emissions is embracing new technologies and
reductions of up to 100 percent. identifying paths for switching to non-
Ship environmental information Wastewater is treated to a very high carbon and renewable fuels, while working
At launch, MSC World America will quality that exceeds the standards in place with fuel providers and other partners on
be one of the most energy-efficient cruise at many shoreside municipal wastewater using Bio-LNG and Synthetic Renewable
ships in the world, surpassing all design treatment systems worldwide and meets LNG in the near term.

MSC Cruises appoints Stefano Menegotto SVP of Onboard Revenues and Suzanne
Mahoney as Head of Retail

MSC Cruises has appointed Stefano
Menegotto as SVP of Onboard Revenues,
based in the Company’s headquarters in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Menegotto brings more than 25
years’ experience and joins MSC Cruises
from a 19-year tenure with Starboard
Cruise Services, part of LVMH Group.
At Starboard, he held the role of VP &
Managing Director for EMEA and APAC,
leading the retail strategy for multiple
cruise lines. Prior to this, he worked for
Luxottica Group as Country Manager in
Turkey, India and Belgium. Stefano Menegotto is MSC Cruises new SVP of Onboard Revenues. Suzanne
MSC Cruises also announced that Mahoney has been named new Head of Retail.
Brandon Briggs will be taking on a new
position in Fort Lauderdale next month as in 2014 where she was Director of Buying their stay. She remains on the Board of
SVP Onboard Revenue Operations for the & Merchandising. She joins MSC Cruises LiBi Retail.
U.S. – a market of strategic importance for from LiBi Retail, a hospitality tech MSC Group – Cruise Division Head
MSC Cruises. innovator that makes hotels shoppable for of Retail Adrian Pittaway left the company
MSC Cruises has also appointed the brands that guests experience during last year to pursue other interests.
Suzanne Mahoney as Head of Retail,
based in Geneva reporting to Menegotto.
Mahoney will take on responsibility for the
retail offering across the fleet and the future
growth of the commercial retail offering.
Mahoney has over 30 years’
experience in Travel Retail having started Brandon Briggs will move to Fort Lauderdale
her career with Pernod Ricard’s World and become SVP Onboard Revenue Operations
Brands Duty Free in 1994 before joining in the U.S.
World Duty Free in 2000. Since then, she
has worked both with luxury brands such
as Lanson Champagne & The Edrington
Group in the US., before joining Harding+

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