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“Happy Birthday” Costa Diadema: All The Latest Of “Italy’s Finest” To Celebrate The Flagship Of Costa Cruises

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Genoa, 8 October 2015– Costa Diadema, the flagship of the Costa Cruises fleet, willcelebrate her first birthday on 7 November 2015. On this specialoccasion, the Italian cruise company will unveil lots of novelties to honourItaly’s excellence and to make onboard vacations even morememorable.

The Costa Diadema hasalways offered her guests Italy’s finest in terms of quality, passion andhospitality. Thanks to these new proposals, gastronomy, entertainment andhospitality will be enriched with a unique Italian style.

What’s new with theCosta Diadema includes a new corner, as of January 2016, entirely dedicated toCosta-style Gourmet burgers: a real taste corner inside the Corona Blurestaurant, where everyone who loves hamburgers, which have become part of theItalian tradition, will find, at dinner time, very high quality 100% ItalianFassona beef, together with fresh vegetables and Italian cheeses. For example,guests can savour a hamburger with Porcini mushrooms and Taleggio cheese, abacon cheeseburger with caramelized onions or a beef hamburger with smokedprovola cheese. Of course, there will also be a tasty vegetarian option. Thegourmet burgers will be served on a plate with side dishes, and also combinedwith Italian craft beers.

Starting in December2015, families with children can enjoy a cruise with yet another comfort: allthe delicacies of the new regional menus, including vegetarian dishes,children’s favourite foods and a selection of Vegan dishes, will be availablenot only in the ship’s main restaurants but also in the central self servicearea of the Corona Blu restaurant. This truly convenient option will allowfamilies to eat promptly with their children without giving up the quality ofthe dishes created by Costa chefs.

Another noveltyinvolves the exquisite Italian ice-creams of Agrimontana: they can be savourednot only in the Gelateria Amarillo on deck 5, but also inmany other areas of the ship, and even at the poolside, thanks to themulticoloured mobile cart, similar to those used on Italian beaches,with new and incredible flavours. The Gelateria Amarillo will also offerthe traditional Sicilian breakfast, with snow-cones and brioches.

Always with an eye ongastronomy, starting in December 2015 the Samsara Restaurant on the CostaDiadema will propose a completely new menu, with fresh and appetisingtaste ideas, all the successful end result of a blend of flavours from Asia andSouth America, combined with a Mediterranean spirit. Stefano Fontanesi,Costa Corporate Chef, and Riccardo Bellaera,Costa Corporate Pastry Chef, have created a special PacificFusion menu, where the Mediterranean meets the Pacific. For example,guests can enjoy one of the most popular dishes in all of South America, a cevicheof marinated raw fish and slightly spicy tropical fruits, but reinterpretedwith an all-Italian flavour of sweet Tropea onions. Or “real Italian”fettuccine with red shrimp, lime and roasted cashews. The “new” SamsaraRestaurant will be open for dinner, and reservations are a must.

Entertainment on boardthe Costa Diadema will be even more exciting. With the new shows, music,dancing and parties will exit the theatre and move around the entire ship.Guests on board Costa’s flagship will have fun in different areas of the CostaDiadema with lots of little live music shows, dedicated to differentgenres or musical groups, or will be able to go wild with a DJ set, poolsideparties and theme-based festivities.

Guests of the CostaDiadema will experience a vacation where everything has been taken care of downto the smallest detail. The ship’s personnel will welcome them with atypically Italian style of hospitality, regardless of crew nationality: anattitude that’s always friendly, warm and cheerful, the ability to perceiveneeds in advance, to satisfy their requests and know how to pamper them. Justlike all good Italians do with their guests in their own home. Passion andwillingness to help that can be summed up with the service promise, “Here foryou”, that becomes a real philosophy. And to constantly improve the ability tocommunicate and interact with onboard personnel, the company has also developedspecific training programs with continuous refresher courses.

These novelties willbe offered during the seven-day cruises on the Costa Diadema in the westernMediterranean, that include calls to Savona, Marseilles, Barcelona, Palma deMallorca, Naples and La Spezia. The perfect choice for a vacation thatputs Italian excellence by Costa Cruises on centre stage, and even in thefall or winter, thanks to the mild climate and the cultural attractions andbeautiful landscapes of the places on the cruise itinerary. Costa excursionsare the best way for guests to visit not only the cities where the ship calls,but also other amazing nearby destinations, like Florence or Pisa.

During the cruisedeparting from Savona on 7 November 2015, and on the othercruises later in November, special festivities will be held on board tocelebrate the first birthday of the flagship of Italian seafaring: games,music, dancing, parties and the traditional birthday cake with flutes filledwith sparkling wine.

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