AT THE LAUNCH OF COSTA CRUISES’ 15TH SHIP, Favolosa, chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi said the main priority in Australia was to better establish the brand. Australian passenger numbers are “less than we would like” but he said the market had good potential. One of 19 markets serviced by...
AT THE LAUNCH OF COSTA CRUISES’ 15TH SHIP,
Favolosa, chairman and CEO Pier Luigi
Foschi said the main priority in Australia was
to better establish the brand.
Australian passenger numbers are “less
than we would like” but he said the market
had good potential.
One of 19 markets serviced by Costa’s
Asia-Pacific operation, Australia is the second
largest after China.
Carnival Corp ceo Micky Arison also told
CW that Australia was a very good market,
hence the company’s deployment of seven
ships in the region next year.
Australians favour the 14-night roundtrips
from Singapore, but business is also growing
on Favolosa’s Med and Dubai itineraries, he
said.
Meanwhile, Foschi said passenger numbers
from the United Kingdom, Italy and France
were “severely impacted” this year as a result
of political unrest in the Middle East and
North Africa.
