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Costa Serena will call Shanghai home in 2015

By Asia Cruise News

<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Costa Serena will call Shanghai home in 2015</h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Shanghai: Costa Cruises flagship vessel, Costa Serena, will call Shanghai its homeport as of next April. To celebrate, Costa Cruises is holding a welcome event at the K11 landmark in Shanghai on November 28 to introduce the ship to the Chinese market.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Buhdy Bok, senior vice president of Pacific Asia and China for Costa Cruises, told press the 2007-built Costa Serena will bring Asian passengers an unforgettable Italian lifestyle experience.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Costa’s strategy is to become the leader in the fast-growing China cruise market, Bok said.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">The Shanghai welcome event will be opened by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan, who will serve as Costa Serena’s godmother.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Following the event, Costa will host several roadshows to introduce the Costa Serena to Shanghai and neighbouring cities.<br>Costa Cruises has been operating in China for some eight years now.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Costa_Serena.JPG" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Costa_Serena.JPG" alt="Costa Serena will call Shanghai home in 2015" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><div><br></div>
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