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In the 2016 Carnival group will increase from four to six the number of ships employed in China
the income in the market of two new units of the marks Costa and Princess
July 23, 2015
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Carnival Corporation has announced that in 2016 the presence in China will increase employing two ulterior ships in the region. They will be Costa Fortuna and Golden Princess, two new ships of the marks Costa Crociere and Princess Cruises of the crocieristico group American, to join to the four ships whose positioning in China already had been programmed for the next year. Of the six units, three will be employed in China for all the year and three for seasonal periods.
the addition of the two ships will represent an increment of +58% of the offered ability the next year from the group in China. Costa Fortuna will reach the ships Costa Serena, employed Costa Atlantica and Costa Victoria from Costa Crociere in China, while Golden Princess will join to Sapphire Princess, the ship that Princess Cruises uses for the Chinese market.
Carnival has remembered that moreover in the 2017 also last new ship under construction for the Princess brand its debut to Shanghai during the summer will be based all the year in China beginning from and that will be the first ship of luxury planned and realized specifically for the Chinese market.
"our marks Costa and Princess - it has emphasized the operating director of Carnival, Alan Buckelew - are operating much good in China and the employment of these new ships will strengthen ours increasing position and they will allow us to transport almost a million passengers in 2016, while we get ahead our plan in order to satisfy the increasing you ask of cruises from the consumers in China. In consideration of the acceleration of this market, we have the remarkable opportunity to increase the question of cruise between the medium class of China and near a new generation of Chinese travellers who are expectant of new experiences of vacation".
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Carnival Corporation has announced that in 2016 the presence in China will increase employing two ulterior ships in the region. They will be Costa Fortuna and Golden Princess, two new ships of the marks Costa Crociere and Princess Cruises of the crocieristico group American, to join to the four ships whose positioning in China already had been programmed for the next year. Of the six units, three will be employed in China for all the year and three for seasonal periods.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
