COSTA OFFERS EUROPE CRUISE AND AIR PACKAGE WITH FARES BEGINNING AT JUST $169 PER PERSON EACH DAY

MIAMI (May 27, 2009) – Costa, Europe’s Number One Cruise Line, is offering a cruise and air package for 7- to 14-night Mediterranean and Northern Europe itineraries beginning at just $169 per person each day. The offer includes cruise and airfare on routes departing from Venice, Civitavecchia, Savona, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Copenhagen.

Packages with seven-night cruises and roundtrip air begin at just $1,352 per person, which reflects up to $300 in airfare savings for guests. This fare is specifically available on departures from JFK to Rome on Eastern Mediterranean routes departing November 2 and November 16 aboard the Costa Romantica with stops in Italy, Greece and Turkey. This fare is also applicable to departures from JFK to Venice on Eastern Mediterranean routes departing November 21 aboard the Costa Victoria with stops in Italy, the Greek Isles and Croatia. Numerous additional gateways are available from the United States and Canada as well as additional European cruise routes.

“With such incredible fares for both air and cruise, which includes not only accommodations, but meals and entertainment, travelers can’t afford to stay home,” said Maurice Zarmati, president and ceo of Costa North America. “We wanted to put together a package that would give our guests the best of both worlds in terms of pricing for their airfare and cruise in order to show them just how affordable it truly is to visit Europe in 2009.”

Costa brings more than 60 years of knowledge and insight into cruising Europe and knows the ports of call inside and out. Moreover, Costa offers a unique and cultural cruise experience where guests will enjoy later European-style dining hours, diverse entertainment and warm, Italian hospitality. International guests from around the world create a cosmopolitan ambience where travelers are just as likely to make new friends from Paris, Texas as they are from Paris, France.

This special Europe Cruise and Air Package is available through June 16, 2009. For complete details, including important information regarding terms and conditions related to this package, guests may contact a travel agent, visit www.costacruises.com or call (800) GO-COSTA.

Costa Cruises is Italy and Europe’s Number One Cruise Line.  For the past 60 years its ships have sailed the world, offering the best in Italian style, hospitality and cuisine and providing dream vacations with the best in fun and relaxation. In 2008, 1.2 million guests chose to cruise with Costa, a record for the European cruise industry. The company’s 14 fleet members, each with her own distinctive characteristics and unique style, all fly the Italian flag and sail each year to 250 destinations in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean, South America, the United Arab Emirates, the Far East and the Indian Ocean. Three additional ships are on order through 2012.

Costa Cruises has been certified by RINA (Italian Shipping Register) with the BEST4, an integrated system of voluntary certification of corporate compliance with the highest standards governing social accountability (SA 8000, issued in 2001), environment (UNI EN ISO 14001, 2004), safety (OHSAS 18001, 1999) and quality (UNI EN ISO 9001, 2000). All ships in the Costa fleet have been assigned RINA’s Green Star notation certifying that they are operated in compliance with the highest environmental protection standards. Costa Cruises is an official partner of the WWF for the protection of the marine ecoregions of the Mediterranean, the Greater Antilles and Brazil.  In Mediobanca’s 2008 survey of over 3,700 Italian enterprises that recorded revenue of at least 50 million euros the previous fiscal year, Costa Crociere S.p.A. ranks 72nd in terms of sales and in 12th place in regards to profitability.