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Costa Serena Delivered and Set to Host ‘Virtual’ Inaugural at Same Time as Actual Inaugural Festivities

MIAMI, May 16 — The Costa Serena, the new flagship of Costa, Europe’s Number One Cruise Line, was delivered yesterday by Fincantieri at its Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa, Italy. Like her sister ship, the Costa Concordia, which entered service in July 2006, the Costa Serena is the largest passenger ship flying the Italian flag [...]

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Emerald Princess Christened on Mother’s Day

ATHENS, Greece (May 13, 2007) - This morning Princess Cruises officially christened its newest ship, Emerald Princess. In celebration of Mother’s Day, Princess united some of television’s most famous mothers and daughters to serve as the christeners and chose Greece, the birthplace of Mother’s Day, as the site for the naming festivities.

The ship’s godmothers are [...]

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Naming Ceremony Plans Change for New Princess Ships Next Month Out of Respect for Recent Tragedy in Santorini

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (April 17, 2007) - Out of respect for the tragic sinking of the Greek cruise ship off the coast in Santorini, the naming ceremonies of the new Emerald Princess and Royal Princess - previously scheduled to take place in the same location - have been changed to different dates and ports.

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Princess Reunites TV’s Favorite Mothers and Daughters To Christen New Ships and Celebrate Mother’s Day

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (March 8, 2007) - In celebration of the historic dual naming of its two newest ships, Emerald Princess and Royal Princess - which takes place over Mother’s Day weekend in Santorini, Greece - Princess Cruises will reunite a pair of television’s favorite mothers and daughters to christen its pair of vessels. Television [...]

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