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Costa Group Strengthens Leadership Team

Genoa, June 19, 2018 – Costa Group, Europe'sleading cruise company, strengthens its leadership team with a newly createdcommunications function. Effective June 1^st, 2018, Achim Bahnen has joined the company as Vice President, Head ofCommunication & Public Affairs.

In this role, he will oversee all corporatecommunications andpublic affairs activities of Costa Group coordinating with its brands CostaCrociere, AIDA Cruises, and Costa Asia. He reports directly to Michael Thamm,Group CEO Costa Group & Carnival Asia.

"Achim Bahnen brings very broad and high-level experience incommunications to our leadership team", said Michael Thamm. "In this new role he will strengthen ourstrategic communications planning and stakeholder relationships in order tosupport the further expansion of our business. I congratulate Achim on joiningCosta Group and look forward to closely working with him."

Achim Bahnen started hiscareer as a journalist at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, was head of divisionat the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and held leading positions atSAP and Merck KGaA. Most recently he worked as an independent communications consultant.

Costa Group is the leadingcruise company in Europe and Asia, headquartered in Genoa (Italy). The 26 shipsof the brands Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Costa Asia together have a totalcapacity of more than 74,000 beds. The fleet will be further strengthened byseven new vessels by 2023. The company has a global workforce of 27,000employees working onboard and in its 20 offices in 14 countries.

ContactInformation:

Costa Cruises
GabrieleBaroni – Communication Director – +39.010.54831 cell. +39 349 7668013 –baroni@costa.it; costapressoffice@costa.it

Aida Cruises
Hansjoerg Kunze – Vice President Communication & Sustainability - Tel.: +49(0) 381 / 444-80 20 - presse@aida.de

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