Costa Crociere S.p.A.

Costa Crociere S P A is the leading cruise company in Europe The 26 ships of the brands Costa Crociere, AIDA Cruises and Costa Asia together have a total capacity of 72,000 beds.

Release time : 2014-06-27 08:00:00

source : Costa Cruises

Costa Crociere S.P.A. is the leading cruise company in Europe. The 26 ships of the brands Costa Crociere, AIDA Cruises and Costa Asia together have a total capacity of 72,000 beds. The company has a global workforce of 27,000 employees working onboard and in its 20 offices in 14 countries.

Costa Cruises is the first international cruise company to operate homeport cruises in the China market since 2006. In 2015, Costa Cruise was recognized with most voyages (168 itineraries) and most passengers (around 500,000), consolidating its leading position in China with 38.31% market share. Over the past decade, Costa Cruises holds the principle of customer-oriented and focuses on innovation and excelsior to bring Chinese passengers the most creative and high-quality cruise products with the flavor of “Italy at Sea”.

On 31 March, 1948, the first passenger ship—Anna C started the first across-Pacific-Ocean service after World War II from Genoa. For 68 years, Costa Cruises has dedicated to provide the “Best of Italy” to the world. Passengers can enjoy an indulgent feast with the most authentic European style of services, activities, foods and etc. onboard Costa Cruises. Costa Cruises fleet, the largest in Europe, has a total of 15 Italian ships in service, including Costa Atlantica, Costa Victoria, Costa Serena and Costa Fortuna.

On 3, July, 2006, Costa Allegra departed from Shanghai, which meant the establishement of the rotation of a China-Japan-Korea service, making Shanghai as her home port. Costa Cruises is the first large international cruise company authorized to operate in the Chinese market and depart from the country's prots. In August, 2007, Costa Cruises set the second homeport in Tianjin in order to expanding the Chinese market. On 1, March, 2015, the China's first world cruise voyage departed from Shanghai, which spaned 86 days, across three oceans and five continents by visiting 28 destinations in 18 countries and