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AIDA Celebrates Steel Cutting for LNG Newbuild

Germany’s AIDA Cruises just celebrated the steel cutting for the first of their LNG Newbuilds. AIDA’s President AIDA Felix Eichhorn and Meyer Werft Managing Director Bernard Meyer pushed the button to start the first cutting of the first steel plate for the…

Carnival Cruise Lines Granted Permission to Sail to Cuba

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Carnival Cruise Lines has just been granted permission to sail to Cuba. Carnival will be sending the Carnival Paradise out of Tampa. She will be the highest capacity ship to sail to the island nation. 4 & 5-night cruises are…

Carnival Horizon To Be Homeported In Miami

Carnival announced today that the 2018-newbuild, Carnival Horizon, will be homeported in Miami. She’ll take up the Vista’s place once the Vista shifts over to Galveston. Prior to sailing to the states, the ship, currently under construction in Italy, will…

Carnival Corp Orders Two More Vessels

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Carnival Corporation announced they have reached an agreement with Fincantieri to build two new vessels. They will sail for Holland America and Princess. The Holland America ship will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Italy and will be delivered in 2021. It will…

Carnival Rotates Magic, Breeze and Vista Homeports

Carnival Cruise Line will reposition three of its newest and largest ships to new homeports. Starting in September 2018, Carnival Vista will move to Galveston, Carnival Breeze will reposition to Port Canaveral, and Carnival Magic will shift to Miami. Carnival…

All the Details on Carnival at CES 2017

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When Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald took the stage earlier today at the annual CES show in Las Vegas, he became the first travel industry executive to give a keynote at the show. Carnival went all out this year, their…

LIVEBLOG: Carnival Corp’s CES Announcement

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Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald will take the stage at CES in Las Vegas in a few hours. Make sure to keep this page open as we will be updating it with all the details as they are announced. Watch…

Carnival To Launch Ocean Medallion Tomorrow at CES

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Carnival Corporation will launch something called Ocean Medallions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tomorrow. CEO Arnold Donald will take the stage to formally introduce the devices to the public. Here’s what they look like: And here’s what…

Carnival Corp Reports Q4 2016 Earnings

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Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced U.S. GAAP net income for the full year 2016 of $2.8 billion, or $3.72 diluted EPS, compared to $1.8 billion, or $2.26 diluted EPS, for the prior year. Full year 2016 adjusted net income of $2.6 billion, or $3.45 adjusted EPS,…

Carnival Corp. Pulls the Plug on fathom

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Carnival Corp has decided to send fathom’s Adonia back to UK’s P&O Cruises. They will not replace her with another ship. This effectively spells the end to the start-up line. Carnival Corp instead announced that social impact excursions, the focal…

Carnival Swaps Carnival Liberty and Valor

There is ongoing drama surrounding the Carnival Liberty. She’s finally sailing again after being stuck in Galveston with a bad alternator. The ship is due for a drydock in December so officials were hoping they could provide a temporary fix…

Carnival Vista Christened in New York

Even though the Carnival Vista had been sailing the summer in Europe, Carnival waited until she made her US arrival in order to name and christen her. At an overnight event held in New York, Miss USA, Deshauna Barber, christened the…

Facts & Myths Surrounding LNG and Fuel Cells

There has been a lot of talk about LNG and fuel cells as use on cruise ships, but what does it actually mean. BACKGROUND Thus far, there have been some small ferries, riverboats and some offshore supply vessels that have…

Details on Carnival Corp.’s LNG Powered Ships

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Carnival Corp. surprised the industry last year when they not only ordered 9 ships, but ordered most of them with LNG fueled power plants. LNG is still new to the maritime industry with only a handful of commercial vessels using…

Carnival Corp Reports Q3 2016 Earnings

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Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2016 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2015 of $1.2 billion, or $1.56 diluted EPS. Third quarter 2016 adjusted net income…

Meet the Carnival Horizon

Carnival has just announced the name of its newest ship will be Carnival Horizon. With her sistership being the Vista, the name fits. The ship, currently under construction at Fincantieri in Italy, will make her debut in March 2018. Interestingly…

Carnival Corp Reports Q2 2016 Earnings

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Carnival Corporation & plc announced adjusted net income of $370 million, or $0.49 diluted EPS for the second quarter of 2016 compared to adjusted net income for the second quarter of 2015 of $193 million, or $0.25 diluted EPS. For…

Carnival Pride Allides With Boarding Bridge in Baltimore

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While maneuvering into its berth in Baltimore this morning, the Carnival Pride struck and collapsed the passenger boarding bridge. The photos make the incident look more dramatic than it really is. There were no injuries and damage to the ship…

[First Look] Meet the Carnival Vista

Carnival’s newest, and largest ship ever, Carnival Vista has recently been handed over from Italy’s Fincantieri. In our series of First Looks, which now replace the Inaugural liveblogs, lets take a look at Carnival’s newest flagship while she is on…

Carnival Vista Out on Sea Trials

Carnival Vista just returned from a successful sea trials in the Adraitic Sea. We’re now able to get a good glimpse of what Carnival’s next generation of ships will look like. I would really like to know the reason behind the…

fathom Cancels Inaugural Voyage

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Carnival Corp.’s newest brand is off to a rocky start. I posted last night that I observed her stuck in port longer than she should have been. #Adonia is still in #Miami. Supposed to leave this afternoon, @fathomtravel pic.twitter.com/gyJLxFUVp9 —…

Carnival Reports Q1 2016 Earnings

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Carnival Corporation & plc announced adjusted net income of $301 million, or $0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the first quarter of 2016 compared to adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2015 of $159 million, or $0.20 diluted…

Carnival Reports Q4 2015 Earnings

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Revenue and income are both up this quarter at Carnival. Cost savings initiatives and lower bunker (fuel) prices seem to be key factors. They’re also increasing onboard revenue as well. Carnival Corporation & plc announced adjusted net income for the full year…

More Details on Fathom’s Onboard Offerings on Adonia

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Here’s details just released about the onboard product of Fathom’s Adonia. The destinations, whether it be Cuba or Amber Cove, are definitely stressed with each and every soft product onboard. via Fathom: Fathom, the pioneer in social impact travel and…