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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Dec. 11, 2014) – MSC Cruises, the fastest growing cruise line in the industry with a fleet of 12 ultramodern ships, today announced the winners of its 2^nd Annual MSC True Partnership’s Awards.

“MSC’s travel partners are critical to our success and we greatly appreciate the efforts all of our valued partners have made in selling and raising awareness about MSC Cruises in North America in 2014,” said Richard Sasso, president, MSC Cruises USA. “We’re  thrilled today to honor our top partners of the year and congratulate all of them on their hard work.”

Awards are given to the line’s top performing North American travel partners for the year based on overall business growth in revenue and guests and continuous partnership support and innovative marketing efforts that drive increased consumer awareness. Winners will be honored during a 4-day cruise on MSC Divina departing from Miami on Feb. 14.

“This year MSC implemented its ‘Serving You’ initiative as a way of working with travel agents to design and develop sales strategies for mutual success,” said Ken Muskat, executive vice president of sales, PR and guest services, MSC Cruises USA.  “We couldn’t be more pleased with the results and it’s our honor to recognize the best of the best of MSC’s travel partners today. 2015 promises to bring even better results and we look forward to continuing to work with all our partners as MSC expands its presence in the North American market and abroad.”

President’s Award for Overall Partner of the Year

Winner: WMPH Vacations

“It is an honor to receive the MSC Cruises’ Overall Partner of the Year Award. WMPH Vacations values our relationship with MSC Cruises and appreciates their partnership, support and commitment to provide a quality product.  We are proud to introduce cruisers to the great value and exceptional experience of an MSC Cruises vacation.” Uf Tukel, Co-President and Founder, WMPH Vacations

About WMPH Vacations

WMPH Vacations is an award-winning global cruise and travel company headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. Its Cruise Finder™ mobile app is a free, comprehensive cruise vacation-planning app available on available on iTunes, Google Play or Amazon.com. WMPH Vacations is a member of the Cruise Industry Hall of Fame and represents all major cruise lines and tour operators. WMPH operates under a number of owned brands including iCruise.com, CruiseCheap.com, AlaskaCruises.com, EuropeCruises.com, RegentCruises.com and HawaiiCruiseOutlet.com.

About MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises is a privately-held, family-owned, Italian cruise line with a fleet of 12 ships. The fleet cruises year-round in the Mediterranean and seasonally in the Caribbean, Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the French Antilles, South America, South Africa, as well as in Dubai, the Emirates and Oman. MSC Cruises has partnered with UNICEF since 2009, collecting more than 3.5 million dollars from MSC guest donations for UNICEF initiatives. In March 2014, the line announced the construction of two new cruise ships by STX France due for delivery respectively in 2017 and 2019. Two months later, the line announced the construction of two additional new builds by Fincantieri due for delivery respectively in Nov. 2017 and May 2018.