GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed into rocks Friday 13 February off the Italian coast, remains the scene of painstaking searches for survivors, with Manrico Gianpetroni, chief purser, brought out alive and suffering from a broken leg, and a Korean couple on their honeymoon brought out dazed. Checks have now made it possible to ascertain that 17 people remain missing, fewer than earlier thought, but at least five people died, with two bodies found Sunday afternoon, and 70 were injured in the accident to the luxury liner that had 4,000 people on board.
Reuters cites Italian police as saying that “the captain of the luxury 114,500-tonne ship, Francesco Schettino, was under arrest and accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.”
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Title: Lake Geneva boating celebration
Location: Geneva and Lausanne
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Description: Celebrate 100 years of the CGN with cruises, and a party on the pier.
Start Date: 2010-05-29
End Date: 2010-05-30
Title: Lake Geneva Valentine’s cruise
Location: Lake Geneva region
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Description: Cruise Lake Geneva and dine along your Valentine -and your kids too.
Date: 2010-02-14
Title: Special cruise from Lausanne to Thonon
Location: Lausanne and Thonon
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Description: Attend the oldest fair in France and get there by boat. This is the 532 edition of the Thonon fair. CGN offers a cruise from Lausanne to Thonon and back.
Date: 03 Sep 2009
Title: Valentine’s cruises on Lake Geneva
Location: Lake Geneva region
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Description: Dinner, drinks and a cruise for two for around CHF250. Cruises depart from Geneva, Lausanne, Montreux, Vevey and Villeneuve.
Date: 14 Feb 2009
A cruise ship with 122 on board is being rescued as it takes on water on the Antarctic coast, reports the BBC, but the ship is not in danger of sinking. The nationality of the tourists is not known. Tourist travel to the regin has reportedly increased fivefold in 15 years.
The QE2, one of Britain’s finest cruise ships, but now being retired at age 40, ran aground near Southampton, sailing in on the ship’s final run. BBC
