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Today neoRomantica Costa is christened and has left from the port of Savona
The cruise ship has been subordinate to a restyling of the value of about 90 million euros
March 2, 2012
Today it is christened and it has left from the port of Savona neoRomantica Costa, the new ship of Costa Crociere exited from the Saint George Yard of the Port of Genoa after a restyling of the value of about 90 million euros, one of the more important - it has emphasized the company - never realized in the world of the crocieristica industry, is in value that for the capacity of the transformation work.
The planning of the internal ones of the ship is entrusted to Tillberg Design, study of Swedish architecture that in 40 history years have designed the internal ones of about 130 yachts of luxury and prestigious cruise ships, and to Syntax, London study specialized in hotel and prestigious centers well-being.
La Costa neoRomantica has sailed with 1.600 passengers on board. In occasion of its departure from from Liguria port the summits of the company have participated to a private ceremony of blessing of the ship to the presence of the bishop of Savona, Vittorio Lupi, and of the maximum civil and military city authorities. At the beginning of the blessing ceremony a minute of Hush for respect and mourning of the victims of the shipwreck of Costa Concordia is observed.
While Costa Crociere has announced that of the 637 fleeting presents on board of Costa Allegra, the ship that past monday has remained without propulsion in the Indian Ocean because of a fire exploded in engine room and that it is towed until Victoria to Mahè (Seychelles) where has reached yesterday, 481 passengers are continuing, to expenses of the company, their vacation to the Seychelles in the hotel structures in the islands of Praslin, the Digue, Silhouette, Cerfs. Costa Crociere has specified that he will take care also of their flights of I re-enter to conclusion of the vacation. Instead 146 passengers they have chosen to re-enter this morning to their destinations of origin with the three organized flights from the crocieristica company and already arrived to Paris, Rome/Milan and Vienna/Zurich.
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