Tagged: Costa Cruises

Costa Crociere joins the further efforts requested to the country and to all Italians during the next Christmas and New Year holidays, by suspending its activities from December 20 to January 6, in compliance with the latest provisions of the Government. (more…)

As a result of the measures enacted by the Greek government in response to the number of coronavirus cases that impose restrictions on travel, Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation & plc today announced the temporary suspension of Costa Deliziosa cruises to Greece. (more…)

Considering the limitations still in place in some European countries, and in light of the current epidemiological situation, Costa Cruises today announced updates to its upcoming cruises for winter 2020-2021. (more…)

Costa Cruises presented its programs for the 2021-2022 season in South America during an online conference led by Dario Rustico, the brand’s General Manager for Central and South America. (more…)

Costa Cruises today announced another milestone for Costa Smeralda, the line’s first ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), with an LNG bunkering operation successfully performed on October 25 for the first time in Italy. (more…)

Health and safety protocols developed by Costa Cruises were able to contain a COVID-19 outbreak on a recent charter cruise, but the line has canceled a subsequent sailing on the ship, out of an abundance of caution. The incident took place on Costa Diadema, the second ship to re-enter service on the Italian line in the COVID-19 era. (cruisecritic.com)

After the Costa Deliziosa and the Costa Diadema, from October 10th, Costa Smeralda will also return to sail on a cruise. (more…)

Costa Cruises has returned cruising in the Mediterranean with itineraries to discover Italy for a holiday in complete safety, thanks to the definition of new health protocols that guarantee the highest safety standards for guests, crews and destination communities. (more…)

Costa Cruises today announced it will continue its program for the gradual and responsible reintroduction of cruise holidays. (more…)

Costa Cruises is ready to set sail for a 2020-2021 winter season rich in exciting holiday opportunities. After announcing in recent days the restart of its cruise operations starting this month with Costa Deliziosa and Costa Diadema, the Italian company has redesigned its itineraries from October 2020 to March 2021 with the gradual return of an increasing number of ships, always offering enhanced safety as a result of new health procedures. (more…)

Costa Crociere today announced the cancellation of the arrival of its ships for the 2020-2021 season in South America. (more…)

Costa Cruises is resuming its cruises with Costa Deliziosa, the first ship operated by the Italian company to return to the sea with a complement of guests. (more…)

Costa Cruises continues to work for a responsible and safe start of its operations, scheduled for September, and becomes the first cruise company to earn the “Biosafety Trust Certification” from RINA, the over 150-year-old testing, inspection, certification and ship classification company that developed the innovative management system certification program. (more…)

Costa Cruises presents two new itineraries for the restart of its cruises in September, allowing to rediscover, in safety, Italy’s finest destinations. (more…)

With the aim of ensuring maximum safety for guests, crew and the destination communities, and in line with its decision to restart responsibly, Costa Cruises announces that the September cruises of Costa Deliziosa from Trieste and Costa Diadema from Genoa will be reserved exclusively for Italian guests, with one-week itineraries calling at Italian ports only, allowing to rediscover in safety Italy’s finest destinations. (more…)

Following the approval yesterday by the Italian Government of the resumption of cruises and the new health protocol, Costa Cruises is planning to restart its operations from Italian ports gradually on September 6, 2020. (more…)

Around 850 French passengers who were on board a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship that was turned away from numerous ports in March have filed a collective suit in Paris with 180 complaints, including manslaughter, against Costa Cruises, their lawyer said Sunday. (bangkokpost.com)

Following the authorization to cruise by the Italian Government, Costa Crociere prepares to gradually restart its operations in light of the new protocols that will be officialised soon. “We are extremely excited that we will be able to cruise again soon and we want to thank the Italian Government and all the authorities for their constant availability and support.” (more…)

While waiting for the final authorization to restart its operations, Costa Cruises announces the introduction of the “Costa Safety Protocol”, the new health and hygiene protocol specifically designed to guarantee the best holiday experience with maximum safety. (more…)

Costa Cruises announces important changes in its organization as part of Carnival Corporation broader efforts to enhance operations and mobilize the global organization prior to the resumption of cruising. (more…)

“I would like to express my personal thanks, along with the gratitude of my collaborators and the crew on the Costa Diadema, for all your practical support in the complex and delicate operation of hosting our ship in the Port of Piombino.” (more…)

Costa Cruises is launching its new advertising campaign “The holiday we miss” (la vacanza che ci manca), online from today on all the Company’s digital channels in its six main European markets: Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. (more…)

Costa Cruises has confirmed that Italian health officials diagnosed the passenger onboard Costa Smeralda with the common flu. Earlier on Thursday, the ship had essentially been quarantined in the port of Civitavecchia due coronavirus concerns. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Nearly 70 British tourists were among 7,000 passengers and crew stuck on a cruise ship in an Italian port on Thursday evening, as doctors carried out tests on a Chinese couple whom it was feared may have contracted the coronavirus. (telegraph.co.uk)

Cruise ship COSTA VENEZIA returned to Shenzhen port, southeastern China near Hong Kong, in the morning Jan 26, after a 6-day cruise to Vietnam. On arrival, cruise ship was boarded by medical team, all 4973 passengers and 12 49 crew were checked by medics for symptoms of fever and pneumonia, 4 were found to have high temperature. (maritimebulletin.net)

The Costa Group, the leading European cruise company, is strengthening its external relations and sustainability with the arrival of Rossella Carrara, who joined the company on January 14, 2020 as Costa Group Vice President External Relations and Sustainability. (more…)

Costa Atlantica has become the first vessel of CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping, a joint venture between China State Shipibuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Carnival corporation & plc. In November last year, Carnival said, the 85,861-ton, 2,210 passenger capacity Costa Atlantica, would be transferred to the new Chinese cruise line by the end of 2019. (cruisebusiness.com)