MSC Cruises, the market leading cruise company in the Mediterranean, South Africa and Brazil, has announced a unique football themed cruise in partnership with world famous Italian football club AC Milan.

The Rossoneri Cruise dedicated to AC Milan fans is just one event in a series of initiatives based on MSC Cruises’ partnerships with the organization.

As a top sponsor of AC Milan, MSC Cruises is committed to mutual promotion both domestically and locally. MSC Splendida will turn red and black, the colours of the AC Milan strip, for an eight-day/seven night Mediterranean cruise on board MSC Splendida, departing on 30 May 2012 from Malta.

With calls in Messina, Rome, Genoa, Barcelona in Spain, Tunis in Tunisia, each day will be filled with exciting new places, as well as wonderful events and unforgettable moments based on the beautiful game and AC Milan’s history. This unique eight-day cruise will give fans supporting AC Milan the opportunity to spend some time with their favourite players and participate in workshops, as footballers and technical staff of the first team are expected on board. Guests will watch memorable matches of the past with fellow fans, learn more about the athletic preparation of footballers and developments in sports medicine, enjoy training sessions with the players of the first team and technical staff, and take part in tournaments for both adults and children.

Guests on board MSC Splendida will experience instant immersion into the amazing rossonero world of the AC Milan players and the technical staff. Milan Junior Camp will be one of the parts of the cruise dedicated to the younger fans. Girls and boys will be able to play on the ship’s pitches under the expert supervision of the club’s youth team coaches.

Jean Pierre Meersseman, celebrated chiropractor to AC Milan, will give demonstrations, while Milan Lab’s fitness instructors and physiotherapists, who provide technological support in decision making processes that aims to provide the best possible management of individual wellbeing and health, will demonstrate their work. Guests will even have the opportunity to follow tailored training sessions.

During the call at Barcelona, a visit to the legendary Camp Nou stadium, the historic “temple” of Spanish football which can host up to 100,000 football fans, is planned. This cruise will be a chance for the players to get to know some new cities as well as a once in a lifetime opportunity for fans to get up close and personal with some AC Milan celebrities.

Hamilton Travel of 4, St. Publius Street, Floriana (Tel: 21241292, website www.hamiltontravel.com.mt) are the exclusive General Sales Agents of MSC Cruises in the Maltese Islands.