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Gianni Onorato is passed by Costa Crociere to MSC Cruises
He will be the new managing director of the crocieristica company of the Genevan shipowning group
August 26, 2013
Gianni Onorato, than in the past weeks has left the charge of general manager of Costa Crociere, will be the new managing director of MSC next the 2 Cruises beginning from september. "I am keen - it has declared Honored - on being called to cover this important role and are indeed impatient to transfer to me to Geneva, city in which has center the MSC headquarters Cruises. I will go to any length in order to add value to the company and to contribute to the ulterior strengthening of its position of leadership in the field. I do not see the hour to begin to work with management in this crucial moment of increase of the company".
The current CEO of MSC Cruises, Pierfrancesco Vago, in charge from 2003, will continue to guide the crocieristica company in the role of executive chairman being widened the range of its functions: from this new position - it has explained the crocieristica company - the societies of group MSC will supervise in fact to all that have strategic importance for the tourist field. "Our company - it has remembered Vague - has crossed a period of fast expansion, that it has seen the construction of ten new units in little less ten-year-old, the creation of three new classes of ships and the opening of 45 offices all over the world. I am sure that the nomination of Gianni will afford to strengthen our managerial structure, valuing of the competences and ulteriorly stimulating the development of the company".
With behind almost 30 years of experience in the crocieristica industry, Honored it has begun its career in the field in 1986 with the role of Food & Beverage manager on board of the ships and afterwards is continued to earth, to Genoa, as Cruise Product director of Costa Crociere. From 1997 until 2004 Honored it has carried out the assignment of Vice President Cruise Operations, managing all the edge operativity. Moreover over the years Honored it has moreover covered various directive assignments in operating trade associations in the tourist and crocieristico field: among other things he has been vice-president of ASTOI, trade association of the adherent tour operator to Confindustria, and member of the European Cruise Council, the main association of the crocieristica industry in Europe, today become CLIA Europe.
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