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From Italy To The Far East With The New Ship Costa Venezia In The Footsteps Of Marco Polo

Tickets are now on sale for the inaugural cruiseof the new Costa Cruises ship, currently being built at the Fincantierishipyard in Monfalcone: 53 daysdeparting from Trieste and arriving at Yokohama in Japan.

Genoa, March 1, 2018 - Costa Cruises has started sellingtickets for the inaugural cruise of CostaVenezia, the Italian company's new ship currently being built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone.

Thecruise will set off from Trieste on 8 March 2019, on a 53 day, eastward-bound itinerary in the footsteps of Marco Polothat will end in Yokohama, in Japan,on 29 April 2019.

Thecruise will take guests on a voyage of discovery through different cultures,landscapes and flavours, just like the Venetian explorer. The ship will leavethe Mediterranean and cross the Suez Canal and the Red Sea before entering thePersian Gulf, calling at Dubrovnik, Bari (Italy), Greece, Israel, Jordan andOman on the way. After stops at Dubai and Abu Dhabi - futuristic cities builtin the middle of the desert - the ship will then head towards India, Sri Lankaand Malaysia. The last leg of the cruise will be the Far East: Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong,Taiwan, and finally Japan.

Theitinerary can be split into three different legs, Trieste-Dubai, (20 days)Dubai-Singapore (18 days) and Singapore-Yokohama (17 days), or combinations ofthe three legs.

The inaugural cruise iscurrently the only cruise holidayoption available on the new ship. Costa Venezia is the first Costa ship to be designed andbuilt specifically for the Chinese market, and after its first voyage, itwill be dedicated exclusively to the local market. So it will be a uniqueopportunity to try a different cruise experience from the one usually availableto European and American guests.

Adifferent cruise experience that starts with its interior design, which will bea veritable "virtual" trip to Venice. The options available in termsof gastronomy, entertainment and shopping will be especially appealing. Guests on the inaugural cruise can take part in a fun "Golden Party", inspired bythe colour symbolising fortune and wealth in China, with lots of surprises andgifts to be won every ten minutes. Or you cantry the enchanting masked party inspired by the famous Carnival of Venice. The food on boardwill be very varied: you can enjoy the delicacies of Italian cuisine anddiscover traditional Chinese and Asian dishes, as well as sample the cuisine ofthe places that the itinerary calls at. The shopping area will be particularlywide-ranging and well-stocked with Italian and international big name brands.

Costa Venezia will have agross tonnage of 135,500 tons and will include 2,116 cabins for a total of5,260 passengers. A second ship designed for the Chinese market, CostaVenezia's sister, will be delivered by Fincantieri in 2020.

Besides the two Fincantieriships, Costa Cruises has two other ships on order by 2021 that will be built byMeyer shipyards in Turku (Finland). The first, Costa Smeralda, will enter service in October 2019.

In 2006 Costa Cruises wasthe first international cruise company to enter the Chinese market, in which ithas become a leader. In China cruises with Costa are known as "Italyat sea", because they offer local guests an Italian and European-styleholiday experience, with top quality cuisine, entertainment and hospitality.

Forfurther information:

Costa Cruises

GabrieleBaroni – CommunicationDirector – mob. +39 3497668013 - baroni@costa.it

Davide Barbano – Media RelationsManager – tel. +39 010 5483523 mob. +39 334 6525216 - barbano@costa.it

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