Costa Crociere S.p.A. is an Italian company based in Genoa. The brands Costa Crociere, AIDA Cruises and Iberocruceros belong to Costa Crociere S.p.A. and include a total of 19 ships in active service and 10 on order. All ships fly the Italian flag and operate in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United Arab Emirates, the Far East and the Indian Ocean. Costa Crociere S.p.A. is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, world leader in the cruise industry, and is a member of the prestigious World's Leading Cruise Lines, an association of the world's most important cruise companies.

Costa Crociere is RINA certified with the B.E.S.T. 4 (Business Excellence Sustainable Task), an integrated system of voluntary certification of corporate compliance with the highest international standards involving social accountability (SA 8000, issued in 2001), environment (UNI EN ISO 14001, issued in 1996), safety (OHSAS 18001, issued in 1999) and quality (UNI EN ISO 9001, issued in 2000).

Costa Crociere is an international company with offices in 28 cities in 16 different countries: Genoa, Milan, Rome, Padua, Turin, Naples, Palermo, Bologna, Bari, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Frankfurt, Rostock, Linz, Zurich, Brussels, Lisbon, Miami, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Manila, La Romana (Dominican Republic), Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The Company relies on a young and international staff: 70% of its employees, coming from about 80 countries, is younger than 40 years old. Costa Group employs more than 15,000 people, organized in a shore side structure and in an on board one. On board personnel consists of 14,000 people, divided among the ships of our fleet. Shore side offices employ about 1,000 people; 60% of these work in the sales and commercial departments.

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