Costa Deliziosa christens new Muscat terminal
February 22, 2010 - Costa Deliziosa, the latest addition to the Costa Cruises fleet, has called at Muscat and Abu Dhabi for the first time on her Grand Inaugural Cruise.
Costa Deliziosa was the first ship to call at the new cruise terminal in Muscat's Port Sultan Qaboos, and was greeted by a delegation including His Exclellency Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, the Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Costa's commitment to Muscat is confirmed also for winter 2010/2011, with 33 calls and 85,000 guests forecasted. In addition to Costa Cruise ships, AIDA Cruises - the German brand belonging to the Costa Crociere's group - cwill be calling 20 times at Muscat in winter 2009/10.
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Mums the word with Costa treats
February 16, 2010 - Forget breakfast in bed on Mother's Day - treat your Mum to a whole week or more of unadulterated pampering.
Allow her to sit back, relax and enjoy being waited on hand and foot, only exerting energy to take a dip in the pool or to go ashore and explore an exotic city or palm-fringed beach.
Costa has three Mother's Day special cruises, all departing on March 13.
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Round-the-world, the Red Sea the new Costa Favolosa in 2011
February 11, 2010 - Costa Cruises' 2011 programme features more than 250 destinations and more than 130 different itineraries.
There is a return of the historic 100-night "round-the-world" trip on the brand new jewel of the fleet, Costa Deliziosa, seven-day Red Sea cruises departing from Sharm El Sheikh and brand new seven-night Mediterranean winter cruises.
New flagship Costa Favolosa will also mark her debut in summer 2011 with her inaugural cruise bound for Israel and Turkey.
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£200 spending gift in January sale
December 30, 2009 - Throughout January Costa Cruises is giving up to £200 on board credit on every sailing in its 2010 programme.
Every inside cabin booked before January 31 will receive £100, outside cabins will receive £150 and balcony cabins will receive £200 spending money across the full range of cruises.
Meanwhile, Costa is offering an 11-night cruise from just £479 in its latest round of promotions.

New sisters named
November 4, 2009 - It took more than 16,000 suggestions from more than 40,000 travel agents and fans around the world, but finally the names of the 16th and 17th ships in the Costa fleet have been selected.
The two sister ships, set to debut in 2011 and 2012, will be named the Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa as a result of Costa's "Send Us a Sea of Names" project whereby travel agents and fans sent in name suggestions for the two ships.
The Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa - 114,500 gross tons with a double occupancy of 3,000 each - will be delivered in summer 2011 and spring 2012 respectively.
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The tops in China
August 10, 2009 - Costa Cruises has landed the title of Best Cruise Operator at the 2009 China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards. Costa was nominated by a professional jury and won the votes of almost 600,000 readers of Travel Weekly China.
In April 2009, Costa Cruises welcomed its second cruise ship to China, the Costa Classica, and is the first and only international cruise company to have two ships operating simultaneously in the region.
From January 2010, Costa Classica will offer 15 cruises departing from Hong Kong, visiting some of Taiwan's most appealing cities: Taipei, Keelung and Taichung. Costa Romantica will join her sister ship Costa Classica in China in June 2010, to allow even more passengers to enjoy a wonderful and memorable cruise journey.
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Europa to join Thomson
July 6, 2009 - Carnival today announced that the 1,488-passenger Costa Europa has been chartered to British travel company Thomson Cruises for ten years from April 2010.
Under the agreement, Thomson has an option to purchase the ship any time after five years.
Costa Europa joined the Costa Cruises fleet in 2002 and was one of the first ships to operate on regular cruises in the Arabian Gulf, with departures from Dubai, and the Indian Ocean out of Mauritius.
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