DUBAI – Costa Deliziosa will be inaugurated next week in a ceremony staged jointly by the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, and Costa Cruises.
The Costa Deliziosa, built in Italy by Fincantieri and delivered in Venice on January 30 this year, set sail from Savona on February 5 on her inaugural cruise across the Mediterranean to Dubai, where she will making a stopover from February 23-26.
The Costa Deliziosa, the 15th Costa fleet member, will be the first cruise ship to be named in an Arab city.
En route to Dubai, the Costa Deliziosa will make two first ever calls: one in Muscat and the other in Abu Dhabi.
The liner’s inauguration event will also mark the official opening of the new Dubai cruise terminal at Port Rashid.
