Just when I thought the ubiquitous series of Carnival Destiny-based ships was nearing the end of the line, Costa Cruises has gone and ordered two more of them. Of the Concordia-class variety - that is, sisters to the existing Costa Concordia and Serena and 2009’s Costa Pacifica - the two new ships will debut in [...]
Fincantieri’s Marghera yard in Venice has laid the keel of Costa Cruises’ latest ship, Costa Luminosa. The 92,700 GT, 2,260-berth ship will be the first in a new class for Costa. She will enter service in 2009 following Costa Pacifica, the last of three 114,500 GT Concordia-class ships, which is currently under construction at Fincantieri’s [...]
The great John Heald continues his series of interviews with the leaders of Carnival Corporation & plc divisions with Pier Luigi Foschi, Chairman and CEO of Costa.
Click here to read John’s informative and humorous interview with the one-time telecoms executive who’s now the most powerful person in the European cruise industry!
The 127-meter long first section of Costa Crociere’s latest ship, Costa Pacifica, which left Palermo last month, has now arrived at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa where the new ship is being built.
The 114,500 GT ship will enter service in Spring 2009 and is a sister ship to Costa Concordia and Costa Serena.
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Costa continues to expand its “spa cabin” concept across the fleet; after giving Costa Concordia and Costa Serena the biggest spas at sea and the world’s first dedicated spa cabins, Costa Mediterranea is gaining the company’s latest wellness concept as well. In its April 2008 refit, the ship will receive a newly upgraded “Ischia” spa [...]
