Tagged: Costa Cruises

Costa Cruises and The Wine Bank in Pollenzo, the Italian cooperative company founded by Carlo Petrini, the Slow Food Chairman, which for several years now has been actively supporting Italy’s oenological history, signed an agreement to produce a new wine list on board the ships of the Italian company. (more…)

The wonderful scenario of the Phoenix Theatre on board Costa Luminosa will represent the stage for the final phase of Queen of Poland 2017. (more…)

Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation & plc said that Costa neoRomantica , which is of 57,130 gross tonnage and carries 1,800 passengers, will be based in Asia as the fifth vessel of the Italian company. (cruisebusiness.com)

An entire cruise ship has been booked to celebrate a fairy-tale wedding. For the first time ever, a ship from the Costa Cruises fleet has been reserved exclusively for the celebration of a sumptuous wedding. (more…)

For the 24th Protagonisti del Mare, Costa Cruises is presenting its new 2017/18 brochure, with 12 months of holidays, from November 2017 to November 2018.
Excitement is the theme of the brochure, which presents Costa’s product in a totally new guise. (more…)

Costa Cruises is introducing a new menu on board its ships that is the result of its special partnership with Bruno Barbieri. (more…)

Tensions are apparently running so high over the installation of the THAAD missile defense system that Chinese tourists don’t even want to visit the South Korea resort island of Jeju anymore. (shanghaiist.com)

A young crew member aboard the Costa Magica vessel which was docked at Heritage Quay pier was found hanging in his cabin yesterday afternoon, police confirmed. (antiguaobserver.com)

After years of tenacious effort, the small Spanish port of Tarragona finally succeeded in attracting the attention of a major cruise line: Costa Cruises will base its 1,727-guest Costa neoRiviera in Tarragona from 2 June to 22 September 2017 for one of its key Mediterranean operations. (cruisebusiness.com)

A special partnership was presented today in La Spezia on board Costa Diadema between Costa Cruises and the Fondazione Carnevale di Viareggio, that will bring all the skills and talent of the Viareggio Carnival – now 144 years old – on board the flagship of the Costa fleet. (more…)

Costa Cruises launches the new Vintage Costa, a collection of clothes and accessories, dedicated to the historic graphics and logos of the Italian cruise company. (more…)

Costa Asia has announced the successful return of China’s first cruise to the South Pacific Islands. The Costa Atlantica set sail on this 46-day voyage from Tianjin International Cruise Terminal on November 30, 2016, taking more than 2,000 passengers across two continents, visiting 12 islands in nine countries. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

It’s nearly five years to the day that the Italian cruise ship the Costa Concordia capsized, killing 32 people. The vessel, carrying 4,252 people, met a tragic end in January 2012 when it hit an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio near Tuscany. (dailymail.co.uk)

Cruising retains all its appeal as a type of holiday with a vocation for attracting people even for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The 21 cruises, for a total of 65,000 berths, onboard 11 ships, offered by Costa Cruises, the Italian company leading in Europe, look like being a sell-out. (more…)

Costa Cruises, part of the Carnival Corporation & plc group, said it is launching a new international advertising campaign, to be aired on TV, social media and the Internet, with superstar Shakira back in front of the cameras. (cruisebusiness.com)

Costa Cruises announces the arrival of a new product on its ships that embodies the best of the Italian culinary tradition: authentic top-quality Italian mozzarella produced directly on board. (more…)

Costa Asia announced the Atlantica had departed on its first-ever 46-day cruise from Tianjin to the South Pacific Islands, signaling an important development in the maturing of the Chinese cruise market. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Costa Cruises launches onboard its ships “Bravo Chef: the show”, a new cooking show starring the onboard Executive Chefs and some typical Italian regional recipes and international dishes. (more…)

Costa Crociere opted to converge in a single company all shipping-agency services, currently run by different firms in each Italian port, with the final purpose to standardizing agency services provided to its cruiseships in all Italian ports. (shippax.com)

In 2017, cruise ships belonging to Costa Group Asia will visit the port of Vladivostok in the Primorye region six times, the regional authorities said on Friday. The first Costa Group Asia cruise ship visited the port this year. (tass.com)

To coincide with breast cancer prevention month, Costa Cruises has announced the beginning of a series of awareness-raising activities from October 10 to the end of the month on board its ships deployed in the Mediterranean.   (more…)

When the Costa neoRomantica heads to Asia next year, it will not be with the intent to spend the full year sourcing Chinese passengers as the ship will instead concentrate on building up the Japanese market for the Italian brand, according to Kelvin Wong, vice president commercial, Costa Asia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Costa Cruises has announced the introduction in summer 2017 of two exclusive and innovative cruises intended for those who love the seaside and sun of the Mediterranean. (more…)

Those interested in hopping on board an Italian-themed cruise that serves halal food can consider Costa Asia, a part of international cruise company Costa Cruise, which has been serving Asian passengers since 2006. (thejakartapost.com)

Costa Cruises has announced a lineup of special events spotlighting traditional Italian festivities onboard Costa Deliziosa’s first two Caribbean sailings of the holiday season. (travelagentcentral.com)

The Costa Crociere Foundation has concluded the annual selection process reserved for Italian non-profit organizations and has chosen six new social betterment and marine environmental protection projects for funding. (cruisebusiness.com)

In line with the Shipping Ministry’s plans to develop the Mumbai Port Trust as a regular port of call for cruise liners, Italian Cruising has announced the introduction of its maiden cruise service connecting Mumbai to Maldives. (thehindu.com)

Today, 18th July 2016, marked the presentation of the first training academy for onboard hotellerie positions. The site of the new centre, to be inaugurated in October 2016, will be the prestigious Villa Figoli in Arenzano (Genoa). (more…)

Onboard Costa Diadema, flagship of the Costa Cruises fleet, was presented Pepper, the first robot in the world able to recognize main human emotions and proactively interact with the surrounding environment. (more…)