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Props to Carnival for hitting up Facebook BIG TIME! Social media has always seems to be overlooked in terms of a marketing strategy so its nice to see them utilizing all the tools Facebook offers. Visit www.facebook.com/carnival to view their…
Dominican Republic Tourism has announced the construction of a new $65 million cruise terminal in Maimon. Carnival Corporation will be an investor, according to media reports. Plans call for the terminal to berth two vessels and accommodate around 4,000 passengers…
The Worlds Largest Cruise Line posted photos of their newest newbuild.
Here is a story our of left field. It turns out that the third installment of the heavily scoffed at Alvin and the Chipmunks series will be taking place on the Carnival Dream. The series stars Arrested Development’s Tobias Fünke…
Good news CCL stock holders. You are a bit richer today, as Carnival had declared a dividend today of $0.25 / share. The record date will be August 26, 2011, with payment, September 16, 2011.
MIAMI, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reported net income of $206 million, or $0.26 diluted EPS, on revenues of $3.6 billion for its second quarter ended May 31, 2011. Net income for…
Yesterday I teased about Carnival making a big announcement today and here it is! I’ll update this post once I get details. But its looking like it’ll be 8-nighters. (Photo Credit: Flickr user Jersey JJ via Creative Commons license) UPDATE:…
Carnival will be making an announcement tomorrow morning about their future deployment out of New York. Stay tuned. If anything leaks beforehand, I’ll update the post.
In what would seem to be an inevitable action, the People of South Carolina have filed a lawsuit against Panama-based Carnival Cruise Lines. They claim that cruise ships hurt the environment [which no one is doubting], and that cruise lines…
Italian site pazzoperilmare, has the below construction photos of the Carnival Breeze being built in Italy.
Carnival has just announced that in 2012 the Carnival Glory will sail part of her summer Canada and New England out of Boston. The voyages will mirror her current 2011 schedule with 4 & 5 Night trips to St. John…
Gene Sloan of USA Today’s CruiseLog posted a photo tour of the brand new Carnival Magic. Check out the insides here
Carnival Announced the itineraries for the final dream class vessel that will sail as the Carnival Breeze. Sailing in June 2012 she will start out with 12-night Med voyages, just like her sister, and then repo down to Miami where…
From Carnival: Carnival Cruise Lines’ latest “Fun Ship,” the 130,000-ton Carnival Magic, is set to raise the bar on shipboard entertainment with some of the most spectacular shows ever seen at sea. In addition to three spellbinding stage shows that…
The largest cruise line, Carnival, filed suit last week against the companies involved in the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. In the suit filed in New Orleans, Carnival is seeking “unspecified damages.” The suit states: “that it serves ports in Florida,…
Unfortunately there are no photos on this one so you’ll have to use your imagination. John Honeywell, aka CaptGreybeard, was given a special tour of the Carnival Magic while undergoing final outfitting in Italy. His tour is below: Magic will…
Here are the official press shots of the trials in the Adratic Sea the other week.
The Carnival Pride was docked in Port Canaveral as a port of call. Shes one of the few ships that do. Well yesterday during one such call, several strong gusts of wind snapped her mooring lines around 6pm. Carnival reported…
Today Carnival Corp went public with their first quarter earnings for 2011. Highlights include: Net Income of $152 million. Total Revenue of $3.4 billion. Compared to last year’s Q1, income is down but revenue is up. This can be contributed…
Remember the ship Carnival Splendor. I know you do. In fact the whole world knows of it. It even made it to South Park. The ship is STILL laid up in California after the engine room fire, crippled the ship…
The first up is the SportSquare. SportsSquare is an active cruiser’s on-board paradise, featuring SkyCourse, the first ropes course at sea, and cruising’s first-ever outdoor fitness area. Also in the same venue, is the first-ever two-level nine-hole miniature golf course…
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen told USA TODAY’s CruiseLog, that “the line will not replace its last remaining ship in the city, the Carnival Spirit, when the vessel moves to Australia in 2012.” “All San Diego cruises through April 2012 will…
As this is posted on the eve of Christmas, Carnival gave their investors a Christmas present with a solid quarter. The numbers break down: Net income for Q4 of $248 million yielding 31 cent gain a share. This was just…
Here is an interesting marketing partnership. Carnival announced it is the official confetti sponsor of the Times Square New Year’s Eve 2011 celebration, bringing its signature fun and popular brand to the annual gathering of more than a million revelers. …
Cunard Line, Ocean Village Holidays and P&O Cruises will emphasize a reduction in fuel, water, and waste in 2009-2010. These joint lines form a division of Carnival called Carnival UK. This new green strategy comes courtesy of their first sustainability…