Costa Cruises makes Dubai its regional cruise hub.

For the second consecutive year, Europe’s leading cruise operator Costa Cruises has made Dubai its regional cruise hub.

It has also deployed two ships offering six weekly packages to destinations in the UAE, Arabian Gulf and the Middle East regions. For the 2007-2008 cruise season, the Italian group has drafted two huge cruise ships – Costa Romantica and Costa Europa- with a combined passenger and crew capacity of 4756. Last year, the company had deployed only one cruise ship. The regional package covers Dubai, Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. There is complete passenger exchange programme at each ship during the current season. Costa is one of the world’s leading cruise operators with 11 ships under deployment. A grand reception was organized on board the Costa Romantica at the Dubai Cruise Terminal in Port Rashid Complex on December 22 to celebrate the inaugural cruises for the 2007-2008 seasons in the Gulf region.

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