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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (Oct. 2, 2012) As part of the much anticipated National Cruise Vacation Week, which is sponsored by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world s largest cruise industry organization, MSC Cruises is offering a shipboard credit of as much as $200 per stateroom for guests cheap first class airline tickets who book a 2013 cruise this month.
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