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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2007 10:59 pm | 1st Post |
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Miami, May 16 -- The Costa Serena, the new flagship of Costa, Europe's Number One Cruise Line, was delivered yesterday by Fincantieri at its Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa, Italy. Like her sister ship, the Costa Concordia, which entered service in July 2006, the Costa Serena is the largest passenger ship flying the Italian flag and the largest European ship in terms of capacity. The ship is 114,000 gross tons, 292 meters in length and features accommodations for up to 3,780 Guests in 1,500 cabins.
"The delivery of the Costa Serena fills us with great pride and satisfaction -- she is an innovative ship and a showcase of cutting-edge technology that will set Costa even further apart from other tour operators," said Pier Luigi Foschi, Chairman & CEO of Costa Crociere SpA. With the arrival of the Costa Serena, the Costa Crociere fleet is now 12 strong, enabling us to consolidate our brand leadership in the rapidly expanding European market. We're now nearing the one million mark, which was our set objective for the end of this year. In the first five months of 2007, we already have 880,000 bookings, equaling the entire volume of Guests carried in 2006. With three more ships already ordered and all due for delivery by 2010, another record-breaking milestone for the Costa Crociere brand is already taking shape in the fact that we are projecting 1.5 million reservations by 2010."
Complete story here:
[url=http://cruisediva.com/news_week_053107.htm#Costa%20Serena%20Delivered%20and%20Set%20%20to%20Host%20'Virtual'%20Inaugural%20at%20Same%20Time%20as]http://cruisediva.com/news_week_053107.htm#Costa%20Serena%20Delivered%20and%20Set%20%20to%20Host%20'Virtual'%20Inaugural%20at%20Same%20Time%20as[/url]
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