Ua hōʻike hou ʻo Costa Cruises i kona kūlana alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana holo moku Kina ma o ka lanakila ʻana i ke poʻo inoa o ka "Best Cruise Operator" ma ka "2009 China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards", i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Iulai 31. ka ʻae ʻana i ka hōʻailona Costa a me nā lawelawe e nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hoa hana ʻoihana ma muli o kāna hana koʻikoʻi i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala.
Hoʻomaka ʻia e Travel Weekly China, kekahi o nā mea hoʻolaha koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, ʻo ka "Best Cruise Operator" ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻike holoʻokoʻa no ka ʻoihana holo moana ma ka "2009 China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards". Ua koho ʻia ʻo Costa e kahi jure ʻoihana a lanakila i nā balota o kahi kokoke i 600,000 poʻe heluhelu o Travel Weekly China.
ʻOiai ʻo ia ka hui holo moana mua e komo i ka mākeke Kina ma kahi o ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala, ua loaʻa koke ʻo Costa i ka ʻae ākea o nā mākaʻikaʻi Kina a me ka ʻoihana. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo Costa i kona inoa paʻa ma ke alakaʻi o ka mākeke Kina. Ma ka lā 25 ʻApelila 2009, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Costa i kāna moku holo moana ʻelua i Kina - ʻo Costa Classica - a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka mākeke holo moku Kina ma ke ʻano he hui holo moana mua a ʻelua wale nō moku e hana ana ma Kina. I ʻApelila a me Mei 2009, holo kūleʻa ʻo Costa Classica i ʻekolu mau moku holo moku no Amway i Taiwan, ʻaʻole ia wale nō nā hui holo moana mua ma ka mōʻaukala, akā he hōʻoia paʻa nō hoʻi o ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o Costa i nā hui MICE.
"ʻO ka lanakila ʻana o ia makana hanohano e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kā mākou kūpaʻa lōʻihi iā Kina," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Leo Liu, Kina Luna Nui o Costa Crociere, "Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi i ka mākeke, hoʻomau ʻo Costa e lawe mai i nā lā hoʻomaha holo moana i nā mea kūʻai. Manaʻo mākou e hāʻawi ka papahana holo moku maʻamau o Taiwan i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Hong Kong i nā wahi wela e hiki mai ana no nā hui huakaʻi Kina a me ka huakaʻi MICE. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka manaʻolana e pili ana i kā mākou ulu ʻana ma Kina a mahalo i ke kākoʻo mau ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa ʻoihana, nā hui aupuni kūpono a me nā hoaaloha media.
ʻO nā hana aʻe a Costa e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna mau kuleana ma ke ʻano he paionia mākeke a hoʻolaha i ka hoʻomohala olakino a hoʻomau o ka hoʻokele moku holo moana Kina. E hoʻomaka ana i Ianuali 2010, e lilo ʻo Costa i ʻoihana holo moana honua mua e hana i nā huakaʻi holo moku ma Taiwan no nā hui huakaʻi ʻāina nui. E hāʻawi ana ka Costa Classica i ka huina o 15 mau holo moku i ka makahiki aʻe e haʻalele ana mai Hong Kong a kipa aku i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hoihoi loa o Taiwan: Taipei, Keelung a me Taichung. Mai ia manawa, e loaʻa i nā mākaʻikaʻi Kina nā koho hou aʻe mai Costa e ʻike i nā lā hoʻomaha poina ʻole ma ke kai. Eia kekahi, e hoʻonui ana ʻo Costa i kāna hoʻopukapuka ma ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Costa Allegra (25,600 gt a me 1,000 total Guests) me ka Costa Romantica nui (53,000 gt a me 1,697 mau malihini) ma 2010. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e hui pū ʻo Costa Romantica i kona moku kaikuahine ʻo Costa Classica ma ʻO Kina i Iune 2010, kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kina ke hauʻoli i kahi huakaʻi holo moana maikaʻi a poina ʻole.
