Godmother Chosen for Costa Concordia

Supermodel Eva Herzigova will be the godmother of the Costa Concordia, the new flagship of the Costa fleet, which will be christened on July 7 in the Port of Rome (Civitavecchia) under the patronage of the Latium Regional Administration, the Provincial Administration of Rome, the Municipality of Rome and AltaRoma. Costa Concordia, the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag (112,000 gt and total guest capacity of 3,780), is set to become another Italian Made symbol: it was built in the historic Italian Fincantieri shipyards in Sestri Ponente (Genoa), while its interiors have been decorated by some of Italy’s leading designers and feature works by top Italian artists. Two of the ship’s five restaurants will have menus devised by the Italian culinary innovator Ettore Bocchia, executive chef at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio and a Michelin restaurateur.