MIAMI, FL - (December 8, 2009) – Costa, Europe’s Number One Cruise Line, was awarded “Best Mediterranean Itineraries” and “Best Africa/Middle East Itineraries” in the eleventh annual Porthole Cruise Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards are published in the December 2009 issue of the publication.
“We’re honored that the readers of Porthole have named Costa the best in the Mediterranean, Africa and the Middle East once again,” said Maurice Zarmati, president and ceo of Costa Cruise Lines—North America. “As I always say, the Mediterranean is our back yard – we’ve been there for over 60 years and offer more ships and more sailings in the region than any other cruise line. Our innovative itineraries from Dubai and Mauritius are some of the most unique available, and offer a glimpse of this part of the world at a tremendous value. Grazie mille to the readers of Porthole for sharing our enthusiasm for the itineraries we offer in these regions.”
For over 60 years, Costa has sailed the Mediterranean and today offers the biggest and best selection of cruises from the region with more ships, more ports and more seven-night itineraries than any other cruise line. Costa sails the region year-round and always features its newest ships in the Mediterranean at any period of the year. In 2006, Costa became the first cruise line to home port from Dubai and has increased its capacity there ever since. 2010 features Costa’s best season yet with three ships sailing the region—the new Costa Deliziosa and Costa Luminosa—as well as the Costa Europa. The new Costa Deliziosa will be named in Dubai on February 23, 2010. Costa is the only cruise line to home port from Mauritius, offering 14-night sailings aboard the Costa Romantica this season through March 2010.
“Costa Cruises is always a reader favorite when it comes to itineraries,” said Bill Panoff, publisher and editor-in-chief of Porthole Cruise Magazine. “With some of the most unique and exotic itineraries out there, it’s no wonder experienced cruisers have awarded the line with these distinctions.”
Costa Cruises is Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s Number One Cruise Line. For more than 60 years its ships have sailed the seas of the world, offering the best in Italian style, hospitality and cuisine and providing dream vacations filled with 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 more new ships are due to enter service by 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, 2007) and quality (UNI EN ISO 9001, 2008). All the 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 WWF Italy for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. In Mediobanca’s 2009 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 10th in terms of profitability and 65th in terms of sales. In the “Global Reputation Pulse 2009” international study, Costa Cruises ranked first among Italian “service industry” companies. Pulse scores are a measure of corporate reputation of the 600 largest enterprises located in 32 countries worldwide.
Costa Crociere S.p.A. is a member of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company.
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