Tagged: Costa Cruises

Costa Cruises is expanding its suite perks, giving passengers who book in its more expensive accommodations complimentary meals in specialty restaurants, all-inclusive beverage packages, exclusive access to ship events and more. (cruisecritic.com)

At a ceremony held for the ship departure, Captain Alfredo Romeo gave a speech, and bouquets were presented to Lorenzo Barabba, Hotel Director and Yusuke Itokawa, Country Manager of Costa Cruises Japan. (cruisebusiness.com)

To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, Costa Cruises is staging a series of events in celebration of Italian style and excellence on board its ships, which all fly the Tricolore (Italy’s national flag). (more…)

Vladivostok, Russia, welcomed the Costa Victoria for the first time on May 18. It was the maiden call for the ship to the Russian port, with the ship part of a unique itinerary calling in Japan and South Korea as well. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Costa Cruises and CNR (Italian National Research Council) today announced a long-term agreement. The goal of the partnership is to provide major opportunities for discussion, development and in-depth study of particularly important oceanography and marine science topics. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Costa Cruises sets its sights on the Indian Ocean, announcing the arrival, in the 2016-2017 winter season, of a totally new itinerary in the array of cruises and package tours involving this destination. (more…)

Costa Cruises is ready to welcome and amaze all children enjoying a vacation on board the Costa Diadema: in fact, Costa’s flagship is the first cruise ship in the world to treat its small guests to internal and external areas completely dedicated to Peppa Pig. (more…)

Costa Crociere will be the latest cruise line to dip its toes into India when it homeports the neoClassica in Mumbai next winter for a short program of week-long cruises on a Maldives/India route. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The Costa Group today announced that starting in April 2017 the Costa neoRomantica (56,800 gross tonnage and 1800 total guests) will be based in Asia year-round. (more…)

Is Costa Crociere upping its deployment out of China in 2017? It would appear so, as the Chinese market leader appears to be adding a fifth ship to the Chinese market, after growing to four ships this year. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

In its tireless quest for new destinations, Costa Cruceros announces that, during the 2016/17 season, its ship Costa Mediterranea will offer a special cruise to Tierra Del Fuego on the southern tip of South America. (cruisebusiness.com)

After shaking up the fashion world with a 4000-feet catwalk over the Grand Canyon and the Eiffel Tower phenomenon, Jessica Minh Anh will transform the sky-high sundeck of the luxurious Costa Luminosa cruise ship, calling at Sydney during her Around-the-World cruises, into the world’s newest runway.

Costa Cruises and CAST Alimenti (Food, Art, Science and Technology Centre), one of the most prestigious Italian culinary schools, will select for the first time highly qualified pastry chefs who will work on board the Italian company’s cruise ships. (more…)

Costa Cruises, for the third year in a row, is among the best Italian companies in terms of employee work conditions, achieving the prestigious “Top Employers 2016” certification from the Top Employers Institute.

At the end of 2016 Costa ships will begin proposing, for the first time in the world, a great innovative idea linked to great Italian gastronomic traditions: the first gourmet bars dedicated exclusively to buffalo mozzarella. (more…)

At the same time as the start of Milan Fashion Week, Costa Cruises announces the launch of the new clothing & accessories “capsule collection” created together with SLAM, a traditional Genoese brand with nautical roots that specialises in technical clothing and sportswear and available exclusively in the onboard stores of Costa ships.

Costa Cruises is getting ready to welcome and amaze all lovers cruising on its ships, with lots of surprises and sweet initiatives to share with one’s better half on St. Valentine’s Day. (more…)

Costa Crociere is the latest cruise line to cancel calls in Turkey, opting to drop Istanbul for 2016. Costa has decided to alter the itinerary of Costa neoRiviera’s cruises from March 28 to Nov. 8. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Costa Cruises celebrates the 15th anniversary of CostaClub, the guest loyalty program that focuses on innovation and change, values that have always been the cornerstones of the Italian company’s business strategy.

Costa Cruises has appointed New York based hospitality designer Adam D. Tihany as Creative Director for the two new ships, powered with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), scheduled for delivery in 2019 and 2020. (more…)

Costa Cruises and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome have announced an innovative initiative in keeping with Italy’s finest and its inimitable musical traditions.

Costa Cruises placed in the top five of two USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, including a runner-up nod for Costa Deliziosa, currently sailing Caribbean cruises from Port Everglades, Florida, in “Best Cruise Ship for Entertainment.”