China Duty Free Group (CDFG) has signed an agreement with Carnival Corporation to operate the retail on Costa Cruises vessel Costa Atlantica. A tender to operate retail on Costa Atlantica was launched by Carnival Corporation in 2016. CDFG said it beat “fierce competition” from many international duty-free operators to secure the concession after many rounds of negotiations. (dfnionline.com)
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July 7th will be a red-letter date in the history of Costa Cruises: today in Genoa, during the Costa Zena Festival – the party to celebrate the 70th anniversary together with the city – the company has conquered an incredible world primacy and is trying to win another record.
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Costa Cruises today celebrated the traditional coin ceremony for its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, one of the biggest shipbuilding complexes in the world.
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Costa Cruises and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri today celebrated the official float-out ceremony of Costa Venezia – Costa first ship designed and built specifically for the China market. The ceremony was held at Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, where the ship is being built.
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Costa Cruises confirms its commitment to revisiting the theme of food in a sustainable way, presenting a new project dedicated to the youngest guests of its ships, created in collaboration with Barilla, the University of Parma and Madegus – Masters of Taste.
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Costa Cruises publishes the latest edition of its Sustainability Report “Sea You Tomorrow – On Route to the Future”, available for download at https://web.costacrociere.it/B2C/GB/sustainability/Pages/default.aspx.
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Costa Cruises will be a partner in the sixth Global Wellness Day, a non-profit project run in 100 countries around the world, which this year will be celebrated on 9 June.
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After giving its support to the “Partita del Cuore 2018” (Match of the Heart 2018), Costa Cruises presents another great initiative to celebrate its 70th birthday together with the city of Genoa.
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Costa Cruises celebrated its 70th anniversary in the company of its guests, on a special cruise dedicated to the members of CostaClub, the Club for people who always choose a Costa cruise as their favourite holiday.
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Costa Cruises is continuing to expand and renew its fleet of ships flying the Italian flag. At Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, construction has begun on a new 135,500-ton ship with 2,116 cabins, due for delivery in 2020. Like its twin Costa Venezia, it will be designed specifically for the Chinese market.
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AIDA Cruises is adding a further ship to its fleet in 2019. AIDAmira, as the future cruise ship will be named, will sail for AIDA’s Selection program.
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The Costa Serena has made history in Russia as it became the largest ever cruise ship to dock in Vladivostok earlier this week, with more than 3,000 guests aboard on a cruise from South Korea’s Busan, also having called in Sokcho. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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An exhibition dedicated to happiness by the celebrated Italian photographer is due to open on 6 July this year at the Palazzo Ducale, in Genoa, under the patronage of the Liguria Region and Genoa City Council. The title of the exhibition is “Oliviero Toscani.
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During the 25th “Protagonisti del Mare” event, Costa Cruises presented an innovative virtual reality preview of Costa Smeralda, the new flagship currently under construction at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland.
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