ʻO ke kūlana o ka UAE ma ke ʻano he hub - a me kahi huakaʻi kaulana loa - no nā moku holo moana ma ka Hikina Waena e hoʻohui ʻia i ka mahina aʻe me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o kahi moku hoʻokele waiwai hou i kāna huakaʻi mua.
A ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana i Dubai o Costa Deliziosa, ka moku 15 e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa o Costa Cruises, e hoʻoikaika i kahi hui hoihoi ma waena o ka hui holo moku helu ʻekahi o ʻEulopa a me ka mokulele Emirates, me nā ʻoihana i mākaukau no ka piʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi holo moana ma ia wahi.
E kū ana ʻo Emirates a me Costa Cruises i mua no ka mea e hoʻoikaika ʻia ka ʻoihana e ulu wikiwiki nei i kēia mahina i ka wā e holo piha ai ka Dubai Cruise Terminal hou, me ka hiki ke lawelawe i nā moku ʻehā i ka manawa like.
ʻO Costa Deliziosa, me nā moku kaikuahine ʻo Costa Luminosa a me Costa Europa, manaʻo e kuʻi ma Dubai 32 mau manawa i ka wā hoʻoilo 2009/2010 a e hana nui ʻo Emirates i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea hoʻomaha me kā lākou mau moku holo moana.
ʻO ka mokulele - e lele ana i 25 mau wahi ʻEulopa ma 2010 ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o Madrid, Prague a me Amsterdam i kāna pūnaewele - kaʻana like i ka ʻoihana maikaʻi loa e like me Costa Cruises a e hōʻoia i ka nui o kā lākou mau malihini e hoʻomaka i kā lākou moeʻuhane hoʻomaha ma ke ʻano.
Manaʻo ʻo Costa Cruises, ka hui mākaʻikaʻi nui loa o Italia, i kēia kau e lawe mai i 140,000 mau malihini kipa i Dubai - me ka nui o ka lele ʻana me Emirates mai Farani, Kelemānia, Austria, Switzerland a me UK - a ke hilinaʻi nei e hāʻawi i kahi haʻawina nui i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Antonio de Rosa, ʻo Costa Cruises VP Cruise Operations: "ʻO mākou ka mea hana nui i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka UAE ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi holo moana a haʻaheo i nā pono waiwai a mākou e lawe mai nei i ka ʻāina. Manaʻo mākou e piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā malihini e holo ana i Dubai me mākou e 40%, me ka hoʻonui ʻia o Dhs 74 miliona no ke kūlanakauhale i ka hoʻoilo o 2009/10.
A ʻo Fabrizia Greppi, ʻo Costa Cruises VP Corporate Marketing and Communication, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Emirates i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hanana ʻo Costa Deliziosa a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana holo moana ulu o ka Middle East.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoa mokulele papa honua ma luna o kēia hanana poina ʻole," wahi a Greppi. "Makemake mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa no kā mākou poʻe malihini a ʻaʻohe oʻu kānalua e mālama ʻia lākou i ka pae like o ka waiwai e hauʻoli ai lākou ma nā moku holo moku ʻo Costa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Vaughan, DSVP Commercial Operations Worldwide no Emirates: "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me Costa Cruises e hāʻawi i kā lākou poʻe malihini i ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa i ka mea no nā mea he nui ka huakaʻi o ke ola.
"Me ka papa kuhikuhi holoʻokoʻa i nā kūlanakauhale a puni ʻEulopa, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui i nā moku holo moku ʻo Costa me nā poʻe e holo ana mai kā lākou mākeke koʻikoʻi, a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manawa e huki ai i nā malihini mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i kā mākou pūnaewele ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau wahi.
"Ua ʻike ʻia ka huakaʻi huakaʻi holo moku ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana ulu nui a hauʻoli nui mākou i nā pōmaikaʻi lōʻihi e hiki ai i kēia hui ke lawe mai i Emirates a me Costa Cruises, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka hoʻonui nui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
"Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo Emirates i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Dubai ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi honua a, me nā moku e kū ana ma Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Oman a me Bahrain, hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokani ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kahi ʻāpana e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā uku. ʻoihana a puni ka ʻāina."
ʻO ka Costa Deliziosa a me Costa Luminosa, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokipa ma kahi o 3000 mau huakaʻi, e hana i kahi huakaʻi ʻehiku lā, e hoʻomaka a hoʻopau i Dubai, me kahi lā hoʻokahi ma Oman, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi a me Bahrain.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Emirates is dedicated to the development of Dubai as an international tourism hub and, with the ships also stopping in Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Oman and Bahrain, we are delighted to be playing a role in the growth of a sector which will reap rewards for businesses throughout the region.
- A ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana i Dubai o Costa Deliziosa, ka moku 15 e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa o Costa Cruises, e hoʻoikaika i kahi hui hoihoi ma waena o ka hui holo moku helu ʻekahi o ʻEulopa a me ka mokulele Emirates, me nā ʻoihana i mākaukau no ka piʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi holo moana ma ia wahi.
- "Ua ʻike ʻia ka huakaʻi huakaʻi holo moku ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana ulu nui a hauʻoli nui mākou i nā pōmaikaʻi lōʻihi e hiki ai i kēia hui ke lawe mai i Emirates a me Costa Cruises, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka hoʻonui nui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
