REG-Carnival PLC: Costa Resumes Its Cruises Starting From May

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22/03/2021 13:15

Costa Resumes Its Cruises Starting From May

GENOA, Italy, March 22, 2021 -- Costa Cruises, the Italian company of
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), has revised its plans
moving its restart to May. The decision has been taken in consideration of
the restrictions still in place in Italy and other European countries to
contain Covid-19. Such measures do not allow the Company to offer the best
cruise vacations to its guests, especially for what concerns the experience
ashore. 

In line with the new plan, Costa Smeralda's departure in Italy is planned
for May 1(st), with an unchanged itinerary, sailing guests to beautiful
Italian locations, with 3- and 4-day mini-cruises or alternatively a 7-day
cruise, calling at Savona, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina and
Cagliari. 

From June 12, Costa Smeralda will return to sailing one-week cruises in
the western Mediterranean, with visits to Italy (Savona, Civitavecchia and
Palermo), France (Marseille) and Spain (Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca).

The departure date of Costa Luminosa, the second Costa ship scheduled to
resume service, is postponed to May 16  from Trieste, and the following
day from Bari, confirming its program of one-week cruises in Greece and
Croatia, in accordance with recent roadmap for the resumption of international
tourism in Greece. 

The restart of Costa cruises will continue to be supported by the
implementation of the Costa Safety Protocol. The protocol contains operational
measures related to all aspects of the cruise experience, both on board and
ashore, which were implemented in the past months of cruise operations.  Such
measures include limited capacity, swab tests for all guests and crew,
temperature checks when disembarking and re-embarking the ship, protected
shore excursions, physical distancing on board and at the cruise terminals,
new ways of using on-board services, enhanced sanitation and medical services,
and use of protective face masks when necessary. 

Furthermore, the company is also working with national and local authorities
of the countries included in the itineraries of its ships outside Italy to
define the details of the resumption of its cruise operations.

As previously announced, all other cruises scheduled until the end of May, and
not included in the Costa Smeralda and Costa Luminosa programs updated today,
are cancelled.  Costa is in the process of informing travel agents and
customers affected by changes.

CONTACT: Costa Cruises Press Office, Tel. +39 010 5483523 / 010 5483068,
costapressoffice@costa.it, or Gabriele Baroni, Corporate Communication & Media
Relations Director, cell. +39 3497668013, baroni@costa.it, or Rossella
Carrara, V. P. Corporate Relations & Sustainability Costa Group,
rossella.carrara@costa.it, or Davide Barbano, Media Relations manager, cell.
334 6525216, barbano@costa.it 



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