The case of Costa

Milan, November 6th 2012
De Iaco, VP & CIO I&CT Costa & Ibero [e-mail] Costa & Ibero
Corporate I&CT
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Company Overview
Costa Cruises is Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s no. 1 cruise company. More than 60 years of history (1948). 14 ships carrying about 40,000 Total Guests: the largest fleet in Europe.
A new 132,500-ton ship, the largest Italian passenger ship, will delivered in October 2014. Costa fleet will reach 15 ships and a capacity of about 45,000 Total Guests.
Two additional brands in the Costa Crociere group: Aida Cruises (market leader in German) and
Iberocruceros (Spanish and Portuguese market):
Aida Cruises is the German market leading cruise line. The AIDA fleet consists of 9 club ships with a total capacity of 20,000 Total Guests. 3 new AIDA ships will enter into service in Spring 2013, March 2015 and March 2016
11 billion €
Iberocruceros is a new cruise brand operating from September 2007. Iberocruceros operates invested in mainly for the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets. Its fleet consist of 3 ships for a the fleet total capacity of 7,000 total Guests expansion from 2000 to
Costa Crociere: more than 3 bilions € revenues and 105% of Load Factor and more than 2.3
2016
milion guests
Costa Crociere shareholder is Carnival Corporation & plc, which is the cruises world wide leader the leading cruise group in the world listed on the London and New York Stock Exchange
10 distinct brands in both North America, Europe and
Australia
100 ships in service, 7 new buildings on order
90,000 employees world-wide
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The global strategy of Costa Cruises
17 world wide offices
282 GSA / PSA
250 destinations
150 itineraries
70 ports of250 DESTINATIONS embarkation 130 DIFFERENT ITINERARIES

NORTH
EUROPE

GRAND
VOYAGES
CARIBBEAN

FAR EAST

MEDITERRANEAN
& CANARES

RED SEA

AROUND
THE WOLRD

ARAB
EMIRATES

TRANSAT.
AROUND
THE WORLD

AROUND
THE WORLD
SOUTHERN
SOUTH
AMERICA