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Frecce Tricolori and Fireworks: Big Party in Trieste for the Naming of Costa Venezia
On Friday, March 1, the whole city will beinvolved in the celebrations for Costa Venezia,
the first Costaship built specifically for the Chinese market.
An unforgettable showfor all the city's inhabitants and the 2,000 guests expected.
During the day Costa Cruises andFondazione Banco Alimentare donated the food prepared, but not served, in therestaurants on board to two associations in the area that care for people inneed.
Trieste, March 1st,2019 – Today in Triestethere was the naming ceremony of Costa Venezia, the first CostaCruises ship designed specifically for the Chinese market, built at theFincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone. The celebration has been shared with the wholecity, thanks to a collaboration with the Municipality of Trieste, the FriuliVenezia Giulia Region and the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority.
The day began in a truly spectacular style with a fantasticdisplay by the Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale - "Frecce Tricolori",which renewed the strong bond of the Italian Air Force with the Friuli VeneziaGiulia Region and Trieste. Starting at 3.30 pm, the famous Italian acrobaticteam flied over the port of Trieste, where the ship Costa Venezia is anchored,making passages in tight formation, coloring the sky with white, red and greenof the Italian flag. The President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and theMayor of Trieste involved the Italian Air Force to allow citizens to admire theflight of the Frecce Tricolori, which will be visible from Piazza Unitàd'Italia and from the city centre.
The most exciting moment was the breaking of thebottle, during which the godmother was the protagonist: Gan Beiye andher family, a big fans to Costa since the family started their first CostaCruises jouney in 2011. They represent the ideal family for whom CostaVenezia is intended.
At 7.30 p.m., around 2,000 guests of CostaVenezia from China, South Korea, Japan and several other European countries,will attend an exclusive gala dinner, enjoying a menu inspired by the Italianchef Umberto Bombana of the three-star Michelin restaurant "8 ½ - Otto eMezzo BOMBANA". From 9.00 p.m., at the Teatro Rosso, guests will attendthe premiere of "Venezia Innamorata" show inspired by the love stories ofGiacomo Casanova, which has been created specifically for Costa Venezia.
The first day of celebrations will end atmidnight with an exciting show of over 3,000 fireworks, accompanied bymusic, which will last around 15 minutes. The fireworks will set off from threedifferent places on the Molo Audace quayside.
The activities dedicated to Costa guests willlast until March 3, when the ship will depart for its vernissage cruise toGreece and Croatia: on the day after the naming, in fact, the guests staying onboard will be able to enjoy a discovery tour of Trieste and surrounding areaoffered by the Municipality of Trieste and the Friuli Venezia Giulia TourismPromotion Authority. On their return, there will be no lack of surprises: afterdinner, the guests will be invited to attend the Bvlgari Fashion Showand, following that, a performance by Rondò Veneziano, an Italo-Swissmusical ensemble who fuse Baroque music with the characteristic elements of popand rock music.
The naming ceremony of Costa Venezia was also anopportunity to make Trieste the protagonist of the programme of Costa Crociereand Fondazione Banco Alimentare for the recovery and reuse for social purposesof surplus food produced on board of the ships of the fleet.
With the aim of sharing the happy occasion of thenaming ceremony of the ship, in fact, the food prepared, but not served, in therestaurants on board was destined to two associations that, in the area, carefor people in need: Casa La Madre and Casa il Teresiano, whichgive hospitality and assistance to people with fragility and socio-economicdifficulties, at risk of social exclusion.
The program by Costa and Fondazione Banco Alimentare,launched in July 2017, has already allocated 100.000 portions of "ready-to-eat"food with a very high nutritional value. The cruise company, the first in themaritime sector, is committed to grow and to evolve the project at the sametime as the expansion in many ports in Italy and around the World.
With a gross tonnage of in at 135,500 tons, 323 metersin length and a capacity for over 5,200 guests, Costa Venezia will be thebiggest ship introduced by Costa to the Chinese market. It will offer aseries of unprecedented innovations created specifically for Chinese customers,which will introduce guests to Italian culture, lifestyle and excellence,beginning with the interior, which is inspired by the city of Venice.
Costa Venezia's first cruise will depart from Triesteon March 3, 2019, heading for Greece and Croatia. On March 8, it will be backin Trieste for the departure of the inaugural cruise: an exceptional 53-dayvoyage following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, crossing the Mediterranean,the Middle East, Southeast Asia and East Asia, before arriving in Tokyo. Thevernissage and inaugural cruises will be the only departures available toEuropean and American guests to enjoy a vacation on the new ship. From May 18,2019, Costa Venezia will in fact be dedicated exclusively to Chinese guests,offering cruises in Asia departing from Shanghai.
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