Izolo, endaweni yemikhumbi yaseFincantieri eMonfalcone, phambi kwePhini likaNdunankulu kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi wase-Italy, Matteo Salvini, kanye nePhini likaNgqongqoshe Wengqalasizinda Nezokuthutha wase-Italy, u-Edoardo Rixi, uCosta Cruises, uhlobo lwase-Italy lweCarnival Corporation. & plc, yethule ngokusemthethweni i-Costa Venezia, umkhumbi wayo wokuqala oklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ukunikeza okungcono kakhulu kwe-Italy emakethe yaseShayina.
I-Costa Venezia iyingxenye yohlelo lokukhulisa oluhlanganisa isamba semikhumbi eyisikhombisa elethwa eCosta Group ngo-2023.
Njengoba i-gross tonnage engamathani angu-135,500, amamitha angu-323 ubude kanye nomthamo wezivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-5,200, iCosta Venezia izoba umkhumbi omkhulukazi owethulwe yiCosta Cruises emakethe yaseShayina, lapho inkampani yase-Italy yaba ngeyokuqala ukusebenza ngo-2006 futhi ingumkhumbi. njengamanje umholi. Izohlinzeka ngochungechunge lwezinto ezintsha ezingakaze zibonwe eziklanyelwe ngqo amakhasimende aseShayina, ukwethula izivakashi kumasiko ase-Italy, indlela yokuphila nobuhle, kusukela ku-interiors, ephefumulelwe idolobha laseVenice.
Njengoba uMichael Thamm, i-CEO yeqembu i-Costa Group kanye ne-Carnival Asia, echaza: “I-Costa Venezia izosisiza ukuthi sithuthukise imakethe ye-cruise e-China, enamandla amakhulu angakaze ahlolwe. Sekwanele ukusho ukuthi, okwamanje, abantu baseShayina abayizigidi ezingu-2.5 ngonyaka bakhetha ukuya eholidini lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, okungaphansi kwamaphesenti amabili yenani eliphelele labantu baseShayina abavakashela phesheya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iCosta Venezia iqinisa ngokwengeziwe isibopho seCosta Cruises ne-Italy: iwumkhumbi owakhiwa e-Italy, indawo yemikhumbi yase-Italy, ophephezelisa ifulegi lase-Italy futhi ozokwenza izihambeli zaseShayina zibe namava angenakulibaleka e-Italy.”
UGiuseppe Bono, oyi-CEO yakwaFincantieri, uthe: “Kithina, iCosta Venezia iwuphawu lwalokho esikwaziyo ukukwenza nalapho sihlose ukufika khona, kodwa futhi ungumkhiqizo wobudlelwano bomlando neCarnival Corporation kanye neCosta Cruises, ithuthukisa isiko lokukhiqiza kanye nolwazi lwase-Italy, iwabhekise kweminye imingcele.” U-Bono uqhube wathi: “Njengomholi wemboni odidiyelwe, igalelo lethu embonini yezokuvakasha, uma kucutshungulwa amayunithi esiwalethile kanye nalawo esinawo ngoku-oda, sizobala imikhumbi engu-143 eminyakeni ezayo, kube nomgibeli oyedwa kwabathathu abahamba ngamatshe ayigugu. Ngokushesha nje lapho uCosta Venezia ezongena enkonzweni eChina, ebonisa lokho esikwazi ukukubona emakethe namanje engakahlolwa, nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kuzovulwa isahluko esisha emlandweni ophumelelayo weFincantieri.”
U-Arnold Donald, oyisikhulu esiphezulu seCarnival Corporation, uthe: “Ukulethwa kweCosta Venezia kuyisinyathelo esengeziwe ekukhuleni kwemboni yezokuvakasha eqinile neqhubekayo eChina, ngolunye usuku esikholelwa ukuthi izoba imakethe enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ukukhula kwemboni yezokuvakasha yaseChina kuzoqhubeka nokuvulela izigidi zabahambi baseChina umhlaba futhi kulethe ukuchuma okwandayo kubantu bakhona.”
"Njengomkhumbi wokuqala owakhiwe ngokukhethekile emakethe yaseShayina, iCosta Venezia iphawula ukuqala kwenkathi entsha, hhayi nje ngeCosta Cruises neFincantieri kodwa nasembonini yezokuvakasha yaseChina iyonke," kusho uMario Zanetti, umongameli weCosta Group Asia. . “Kusukela ekukhulelweni kuya ekulethweni kwayo, yonke into ngeCosta Venezia yakhelwe kucatshangelwa ikhasimende laseShayina. I-Costa Venezia izoqhubeka nokunikeza ulwazi lwangempela lwase-Italy oluwuphawu lwe-Costa Cruises, kodwa ngezinye izinto ezintsha ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili futhi eziklanyelwe ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zemakethe yendawo kangcono nakakhulu. "
Esikebheni saseCosta Venezia, izihambeli zaseShayina zizothola ukuhluka kwesiko laseVenetian nelesiNtaliyane. Ithiyetha yomkhumbi iphefumulelwe i-Venetian La Fenice yaseshashalazini; i-atrium eyinhloko ikhumbuza i-St. Mark's Square, kuyilapho izindawo zokudlela eziyinhloko zikhumbula ubuciko bendabuko be-Venetian alleys nezikwele. Ama-gondolas wangempela, enziwe izingcweti ze-Squero di San Trovaso, nawo angatholakala ebhodini. Izivakashi zingakwazi futhi ukujabulela izibiliboco zokudla kwase-Italy, zithenge ezitolo ezinemikhiqizo eminingi edumile ethi "Made in Italy" futhi zijabulele ukuzijabulisa kwe-Italian eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke, ngebhola elimbozwe ubuso elizodala kabusha umoya omangalisayo weCarnival edumile yase-Venice. Bazophinde bazizwe besekhaya ngokukhetha okubanzi kokudla kwesiShayina okunikezwayo, i-karaoke yesitayela sesiShayina, amaphathi amaningi ahlanganisa “Iphathi Yegolide,” egcwele izimanga nezipho ezizowinwa njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10.
Umcimbi wokwethiwa kweCosta Venezia uhlelelwe namuhla, Mashi 1, e-Trieste, ngombukiso womoya omangalisayo weqembu le-acrobatic leFrecce Tricolori kanye nombukiso weziqhumane ohlanganisa idolobha lonke. I-vernissage cruise izosuka eTrieste March 3, ilibangise eGreece naseCroatia. NgoMashi 8, umkhumbi uzobuyela e-Trieste lapho uqala uhambo lwawo lokuqala: uhambo olukhethekile, lwezinsuku ezingama-53 lulandela umkhondo weMarco Polo odabula iMedithera uya eMpumalanga Ephakathi, eSouth East Asia naseMpumalanga Ekude ngaphambi kokuma echwebeni. E-Tokyo. I-vernissage kanye ne-inugural cruise kuzoba ukuphela kokuhamba okutholakalayo ezivakashini zaseYurophu nezaseMelika ezifisa ukujabulela iholidi emkhunjini omusha. Kusukela ngomhla ka-May 18, 2019, i-Costa Venezia izonikezelwa ngokukhethekile ezivakashini zase-China, ihlinzeka ngohambo lomkhumbi e-Asia olusuka e-Shanghai.
Ngemuva kweCosta Venezia, umkhumbi olandelayo weqembu ozosebenza, ngo-Okthoba 2019, kuzoba yi-Costa Smeralda, ifulegi elisha le-Costa Cruises kanye nomkhumbi wokuqala wemakethe yomhlaba ozonikwa amandla yi-liquefied natural gas (LNG). Umkhumbi wesibili oklanyelwe imakethe yaseShayina kuphela, umkhumbi ongudade oya eCosta Venezia, okwamanje usakhiwa yiFincantieri eMarghera futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ulethwe ngo-2020.
