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Posted: Fri Jan 19th, 2007 07:27 pm | 1st Post |
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MIAMI, FL, Jan 10, 2007 – Costa, the number one cruise line in Europe and South America, announced today that its newest flagship, the Costa Serena, will be inaugurated in Marseille on May 19, 2007 and will include an official ceremony in accordance with maritime tradition, as well as an inaugural show, in accordance with Costa’s grand tradition of inaugural events. The Costa Serena (112,000 gross tons with a total guest capacity of 3,780) is the twelfth member of the Costa fleet, Europe’s largest and most advanced, and is currently under construction at Fincantieri’s Genoa-Sestri Ponente shipyard. The ship is due to enter service at the end of May. The announcement was also accompanied by news confirming Costa’s encouraging operating performance. Costa carried a total of 880,000 passengers in 2006, compared to 870,000 in 2005; the passenger/days rose to 6,900,000, while the ship occupancy rate increased by 2% to reach 107%.
The choice of Marseille for the inaugural of the Costa Serena marks a long-established relationship linking the Italian company with France in general and Marseille in particular. Costa has been calling in France since the 1980s. In May 1996, Costa was the first cruise operator to use Marseille as a regular port of call, where it was the base for the Costa Romantica, which was deployed on 7-night cruises in the Western Mediterranean. That year, there were 25 calls with a total of 40,000 passenger movements. Since then, the local presence of the Italian company has grown year by year and Marseille, in part due to Costa’s presence there, has become one of the most important Mediterranean ports for the cruise industry with 380,000 cruisers in 2006 (about 25% of which come from Costa’s ships) and a forecast of 450,000 in 2007. In Summer 2007, Marseille will be a regular port of call for the Costa Fortuna, which from April 7 through October 20 will make calls there every Saturday, on 7-night cruises with other stopovers in Savona, Naples, Palermo, Tunis and Palma de Mallorca. In all, 30 stopovers in Marseille are planned, which amounts to 90,000 cruisers, comprising 15,000 embarking passengers and 75,000 in transit
http://cruisediva.com/news_week_013107.htm#Costa%20Serena%20to%20be%20Inaugurated%20in%20Marseille
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Posted: Sun Feb 11th, 2007 06:35 pm | 2nd Post |
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| Costa's entire 11-ship fleet will be positioned in European waters this summer. They'll sail on Eastern Med, Western Med, and Northern Europe/Baltic itineraries. There will be 81 routings, to 108 ports in 37 countries. More than 350 departures are scheduled. Major departure ports: Amsterdam, Coopenhagen, Kiel, Hamburg, Venice, Rome, Genoa, and Trieste.
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Liberty 10/07; Miracle 10/06; Navigator OTS 10/04; Legend 04/04; Grand Princess 09/03; Dawn Princess 01/03; Enchantment OTS 10/02; Destiny 01/02; Sensation 10/99
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