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The Carnival Glory just returned form a recent drydock as part of the fleetwide $500 million Funship 2.0 Upgrade. via Carnival PR
I don’t know why, but I’m always fascinated what CEO’s offices look like:
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Kari Reinikainen over at Cruise Business has in interesting rumor: Carnival Corp & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping group, may sell some of the older vessels in its fleet as newbuildings enter service, Chairman and CEO Micky Arison said.…
Now this is just awesome #Carnival! Those are all pumpkins!. Click for larger
Hot on the heels of NCL’s shocking newbuild order, industry giant Carnival has placed an order for a 135,000grt vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines. Scheduled to launch in 2016, she will represent a new class of vessel for the line.…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced non-GAAP net income of $1.2 billion, or $1.53 diluted earnings per share, for the third quarter of 2012. Reported U.S. GAAP net income, which includes unrealized gains on fuel derivatives of $136 million, was $1.3…
Sign me up! Oh wait I don’t use Pintrest*. Anyways, still always great to see even industry giants using social websites. Carnival on Pintrest And Click Here For Carnivals Pintrest Contest and Win a Free Cruise. *Not out of spite…
Now that the Carnival Dream left yesterday on her first post-drydock cruise, here are some pics of the new additions.
In what is becoming a popular trend, and one I do enjoy, cruise lines have flocked to social media streams with updates from their ships drydockings. Here is an update from the Carnival Dream’s drydocking in Freeport, Bahamas. …
In April, we reported that current Costa CEO Pier Luigi Foschi will retire from his role at Costa Cruises. It seemed to be a reactionary move, corresponding to the Concordia disaster. However, it has been announced that Mr. Foschi will…
It was reported yesterday that while transiting between Corfu and Piraeus, a small electrical fire developed in a passenger cabin. It was quickly extinguished and the displaced passengers were given new cabins.
Travel Agent Central initially reported that it was a fire that caused smoke to be seen inside Carnival newest ship cruising the Med. However Carnival’s PR dept. issued the following statement: A fan belt inside an AC unit in a…
Italy’s Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard has just delivered the Carnival Breeze to Carnival Cruise Lines. The 130,000grt ship will be one of the first Carnival Corp.’s ships post Joe Farcus and Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) first. The interiors were designed by…
via RoyalCaribbeanBlog: Mariner of the Seas will arrive in China in June 2013 and offer a number of itineraries from 3 to 12 nights. The addition of Mariner of the Seas will offer additional capacity to a Chinese cruise market…
And they said the Costa brand was dead…. When Carnival ordered 3 ships for AIDA/Costa back in August, there was a provision for a second ship for Costa. Rumor has it that Carnival my be close to picking up that…
The 130,000-ton Carnival Breeze, conducts sea trials in the Adriatic Sea in preparation for its inaugural June 3 voyage from Venice, Italy. More photos below:
Here’s the latest on Carnival Breeze’s new Dining options: Bonsai Sushi – Carnival’s first full-service sushi restaurant, Bonsai Sushi offers a wide variety of Asian-inspired delicacies with a contemporary decor featuring artwork by world-renowned graffiti artist Erni Vales, colorful koi…
Alex Planes, The Motley Fool: It’s little surprise that the company has failed to recapture pre-recession highs, as its key metrics look worse than they did before the crash. Free cash flow, again erratic over the five-year period, is up…
With Carnival’s first extended cruise program from Boston starting up in just six weeks, the line and Crusieport Boston announced that the Carnival Glory will return to the refurbished Black Falcon Cruise Terminal in 2013 to operate a series of…
Carnival held their annual shareholders meeting in Miami last week and well, it will be one that Carnival plc. CEO Micky Arison will not forget anytime soon. A Miami version of Occupy Wall Street calling themselves 1Miami, came to protest…
An odd choice, but exciting nonetheless. Carnival announced yesterday that the Carnival Conquest will reposition over to Miami in November 2013 to make room for the Carnival Sunshine (ex-Carnival Destiny) in NOLA. New Orleans originally lost the Conquest to Galveston…
It only took until the second paragraph of Carnival’s latest SEC filing for the word Concordia to be brought up. For the first Quarter Carnival is reporting an expense of $29 million including a $10 million insurance deductible. They also…
Here is an exclusive render of what I think she will look like. This is purely based on the currently available deck plans.What do you think? click for larger