Costa targets French cruisers
MARSEILLES 12 January – Costa Cruises, Carnival Corp's Italian brand, is to boost its presence in France and expects a 30% increase in the number of passengers carried this year to 150,000. "This will be a significant share of the French cruise market, which is estimated at about 250,000 passengers a year," a cruise analyst in Paris said. To show its commitment to the French market, the second largest for the company after Italy, Costa is to take the rare step of christening a new vessel, the 3,780-passenger Costa Serena, in Marseilles on 19 May. Costa intends to strengthen its presence at Marseilles during the year, expecting to place 30 calls representing about 90,000 passengers. The company strengthened its links with the port in 1996 when it began a series of frequent visits with its Costa Classica class. In total, Marseilles expects to handle more than 400,000 cruise passengers in 2007. The port's cruise growth was slowed by the bankruptcy of former client Festival Cruises, ROC and Renaissance Cruises but recovery is underway and Marseilles officials expect to handle 1M cruise passengers by 2010.
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