Costa Crociere: Holiday

Seychelles Dept: "It seems at the moment that 376 out of 627 guests have accepted Costa Crociere's offer to continue their holiday in the Seychelles," the company said in a statement, ahead of the ship's expected arrival on the islands today, according to Montreal Gazette. A fire on the ship Monday knocked out its power supply and engines and passengers have spent three nights without working bathrooms and sleeping on decks in the sweltering heat because the air conditioning doesn't work and more than half the passengers on board a stricken cruise ship being towed through the Indian Ocean have decided they want to stay in the Seychelles for a holiday, the cruise operator said Wednesday. The passengers will be put up in "high-quality hotels" on the islands of Praslin, La Digue, Silhouette and Cerfs at Costa Crociere's expense. The others will be flown back to their homelands on specially chartered planes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.