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Featured Sustaining Member:
Costa Cruises
ENJOY A TRUE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE FILLED WITH
ITALIAN CHARM ON COSTA CRUISES
Europe’s Number One Cruise Line Offers New Ships at an
Incredible Value
Do you dream of a vacation filled with the romance of Europe
so many know and love around world? In Italy, it’s called “La
Dolce Vita” and is found on every cobblestone street and every
curve of a fashionably styled scarf. With Costa, your clients
will enjoy that ambience not only in the ports of call they visit,
but onboard as well. Costa’s mix of cosmopolitan travelers
from around the world combined with the warm, authentic
Italian hospitality Costa has cultivated for over 60 years are
just some of the reasons it’s Europe’s Number One Cruise Line.
New ships including the Costa Deliziosa, Costa Luminosa and
Costa Pacifica will all sail Europe this summer, each boasting
their own incredible innovations and decadent design. Best of
all, there’s no better time than now for you to take advantage
of “Cruising Italian Style.” With fares under just $100 per
day, you can take the “trip of a lifetime” to the Greek Isles,
Romance countries or Northern Europe, all within reach.
When sailing Europe with Costa, you’ll enjoy an impressionable
feeling of truly enveloping yourself in the ambience of the
Continent beyond the ports of call visited. Dining begins a bit
later, with leisurely dinners boasting cuisine that is reminiscent
of some of the best Italian restaurants from Venice to Rome.
Italian phrases such as “buongiorno” welcome you in the
morning and “buonasera” in the evening, while English is
always spoken in between. Cosmopolitan European travelers
become new friends from around the world and soccer is
understood as a passion, not just a game, after enjoying a
match in the sports lounge. You’ll be humming “That’s
Amore” without even realizing it!
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. The company’s 14 fleet members,
each with its 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. Two 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). Costa
Cruises has been an official partner of WWF Italia for the
protection of the Mediterranean Sea since 2005.
For more information on Costa Cruises or to make reservations,
please contact a travel agent by calling (800) GO-COSTA or
visit www.costacruises.com.
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