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Costa Cruises celebrates 70 years with loyalty club members and special guestsCosta Cruises celebrates 70 years with loyalty club members and special guests

To mark its 70th anniversary year, Costa Cruises organised a special cruise for loyalty club members which included a party attended by company president Neil Palomba and a performance by Gloria Gaynor.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

May 29, 2018

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

Around 3,000 CostaClub members from 18 countries sailed on the 12-day Mediterranean trip aboard Costa Pacifica.

French pastry chef Christophe Adam created a 3mtr high pyramid of his famous and colourful "Éclair de Génie" (pastry cakes), the main attraction of a celebratory party.

Chef Bruno Barbieri, winner of seven Michelin stars in his career, a partner of Costa Cruises for many years, directed a show-cooking event involving a number of CostaClub members preparing dishes, and presented his new menu created exclusively for Costa ships.

Gloria Gaynor performed onboard Costa Pacifica

Gloria Gaynor performed a concert in the ship’s theatre, singing many of her hits including "I Will Survive" and "Never Can Say Goodbye".

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Gloria Gaynor special performance

The 70th anniversary party culminated with the cutting of a large cake.

The next CostaClub cruise will depart on April 20, 2019, aboard Costa Mediterranea, sailing from Amsterdam on a 16-day itinerary around Great Britain and Ireland, calling in London, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Newcastle.

 

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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