Costa Venezia

Carnival Corporation entered a strategic agreement with Fincantieri in March 2015 about 5 cruise ships for delivery between 2019 and 2022.[4] The Enchanted Princess was ordered in April 2016.[5] In December 2015 Carnival and Fincantieri signed a memorandum of agreement about 4 cruise ships of them.[6] In January 2016, Carnival Corporation announced that they had made firm their commitment with Fincantieri to expand Costa Cruises' Asia fleet, with two vessels at 135,500 GT each, with a guest capacity of approximately 4,200 passengers.[7] The contracts were finalized in April 2016, which were built off of a memorandum agreed upon between the cruise line and the shipyard earlier in 2015.[8] The ships, comprising a new class of vessels in Costa's fleet, were planned to carry an interior design that would focus on Costa's Italian traditions for their Asian clientele to experience.[7]

On 1 November 2017, Costa Cruises announced that the first of the two vessels built specifically for the Chinese market would be named Costa Venezia. The announcement came at the coin ceremony for the ship at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone.[9] On 22 June 2018, Costa Venezia was floated out from the shipyard[10] and additional details were also announced about the ship's interior design and facilities, revealing that many of the key features of the ship would be inspired by Venetian landmarks and their architecture, including the ship's main atrium, theatre, and restaurants.[10] She completed her first round of sea trials on 27 December 2018 and began the second round on 18 January 2019.[11]

Fincantieri officially delivered Costa Venezia to Costa Cruises on 28 February 2019 in Monfalcone.[12]

Costa Venezia's godmother, Gan Beiye, a frequent cruiser with Costa Cruises, officially christened the vessel at the naming ceremony on 1 March 2019 in Trieste.[13]