martinique highlights ParaDise DeFineD Here’s what you can’t miss on your visit:
tO DO Hike the rainforests, relax on the beach or take a table at a cafe with a bottle of good wine or rum. 69
tO eat
tO OB BuY Bu uY As a territory of France, this is the place to snap up clothing, perfume and wine from the motherland. Locally produced spices are also worth sampling.
tO enJOY Beautiful beaches and gracious people.
• Passenger and baggage check-in area • Replacement of the gates to the restricted areas by anti-return turnstiles • Provision of luggage carts • Provision of cages for baggage handling quayside • Quayside, replacement of all fenders
MSC Cruises Recruits and Strengthens Its Presence in Martinique
As a reward for the high-quality services provided by all Martinique stakeholders during the 2012/2013 season at each of MSC Lirica’s 11 calls in Fort-de-France, as well as for the tremendous commercial success MSC Cruises had with Martinican consumers, MSC announced its decision to increase its capacity for the 2013/2014 season. They have programmed 16 homeport calls of MSC Musica every Tuesday from December 3, 2013, to March 18, 2014. The Geneva-based cruise line also launched a vast recruitment program in Martinique in May and June. About 100 Martinican nationals have been hired for next season on Mediterranean and Caribbean cruises: • Shop sales staff • Guest services hostess/host • Excursion hostess/host • Bar and restaurant waiters • Cooks • Cleaners
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RCI Selects Martinique for Quantum of the Seas’ Future Caribbean Itineraries
Once aware of the completion of Pointe Simon Cruise Terminal expansion works, Royal Caribbean International announced four calls of Quantum of the Seas in Martinique during the 2014-2015 season. Quantum of the Seas, which is slated for October 2014 delivery by Meyer Werft shipyard, will sail from New Jersey (Bayonne) to Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the Bahamas (Nassau) and has proposed itineraries for multi-destination cruises in the Caribbean that include the port of Martinique.
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Martinique has a strong restaurant industry, and it’s not hard to find fine French cuisine alongside delicious island favorites.
The first of the new Quantum-class will sail in October 2014, followed by her sister ship, Anthem of the Seas, in spring 2015. These ships will include 16 bridges. Their size will be around 167,800 gross tons, with a doubleoccupancy capacity of 4,180 passengers, corresponding to their 2,090 staterooms and making them the secondlargest cruise ships in the world.
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