Costa Cruises is an Italian-owned cruise line company and had 12 cruise ships in service in 2007, with four more ships due to be commissioned by 2012. The cruise line was established in 1948 when the company's first passenger ship traveled from Genoa to Buenos Aires. In July 2007, Costa Cruises reached a passenger level of one million guests in a year. Some of the cruise destinations offered by Costa Cruises include the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Seychelles, South America and the Eastern and Western Caribbeans.
Costa Cruises offers a number of Eastern Caribbean cruise vacations including an Antilles cruise calling at ports in Antigua, Barbados and St. Maarten. Costa Cruises' seven-day cruise from Miami to the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and Dominican Republic includes visits to the ports of Cockburn in the Grand Turks, Road Town in the British Virgin Islands and Casa de Campo in the Dominican Islands.
Western Caribbean cruise vacations offered by Costa Cruises include visits to the ports of Ocho Rios in Jamaica and Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Costa Cruise Lines seven-day West Caribbean cruise departs from Miami and ports of call include Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico.
