Carnival Celebrates Splash Island Opening With Atlanta Event

MIAMI (June 21, 2016) — Today, Carnival Cruise Line, along with community dignitaries and local families, celebrated the opening of Splash Island at Atlanta’s historic Adams Park. The interactive red, white and blue-colored splash pad, funded in part by Carnival and inspired by Carnival WaterWorks, the cruise line’s onboard water experience, is the latest addition to the park’s pool area. The day’s festivities included a ceremonial ribbon cutting and plaque unveiling presided over by the City of Atlanta in partnership with Carnival executives, former Hawks player and nine-time NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins, Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Amy Phuong and

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IT’S ‘GRINCHMAS TIME’ ABOARD CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE!

MIAMI (November 18, 2015) – You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch! For the upcoming holidays, Carnival Cruise Line will be giving guests a chance to grow their hearts three sizes and will make the season extra special with shipboard appearances by none other than The Grinch! These experiences and more are part of the line’s exclusive Seuss at Sea program in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Shipboard ‘Grinchmas’ Celebration Includes Surprise Character Appearances, Photo/Autograph Opportunities, Fun Activities, Special Movie Screenings and More Decked out in his signature “Santy Claus” costume, the legendary green character – who’s as “cuddly as a

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Carnival Introduces Internet Packages – $5/Day

MIAMI (August 10, 2015) – Carnival Cruise Line’s new social media Internet packages – which offer access to a variety of popular Web sites for just $5 a day – are now available on more than half of the line’s ships with fleetwide implementation scheduled by the first quarter of 2016. New Mobile App Available on Carnival Breeze Being Met With Tremendous Response; Fleetwide Implementation Scheduled for Next Year Additionally, the line’s new mobile app – currently available on Carnival Breeze and offering an innovative “chat” feature – has been very well received with a third of the ship’s guests

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BREAKING NEWS: Carnival Corporation Launches New Brand

Carnival Corporation Launches New Brand Creates New Travel Category fathom pioneers social impact travel on a scale the world has never seen, with a focus on transformative, holistic impact and long-term sustainable development WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, N.Y. (June 4, 2015) – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today launched a new brand called fathom™, defining a new travel category it is calling “social impact travel,” that will offer consumers authentic, meaningful impact travel experiences to work alongside locals as they tackle community needs. What sets fathom apart is the long-term, systematic partnership approach

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Carnival Corporation and Brands Donate $200,000 to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Nepal

Team of cruise lines demonstrating support for employees from Nepal through donations to Mercy Corps, Disaster Emergency Committee and Save the Children in broader relief and rebuilding efforts across the country 6 May 2015 — Miami – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) teamed with several of its global cruise brands to pledge $200,000 to relief efforts in Nepal in the wake of April’s devastating earthquake. Carnival Corporation is working through Mercy Corps, the Disaster Emergency Committee and Save the Children to support on the ground teams distributing emergency supplies and aiding rebuilding efforts targeting the most affected

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Carnival’s “Slide for St. Jude” Raises $50,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Carnival Has Raised $7 Million+ for St. Jude in the Past 5 Years   1 May 2015 – Carnival Breeze – To commemorate the five-year anniversary of Carnival Cruise Line’s partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Carnival launched a “Slide for St. Jude” initiative which raised $50,000 for the hospital. To kick it off, guests and crew were encouraged to slide down one of the shipboard water slides during a special fleet-wide event and, for each person who did so, Carnival donated up to $10 to St. Jude. Carnival’s President Christine Duffy took the first plunge –down the Carnival

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Carnival Abandons Bermuda

The surprise news has broken in Bermuda that after fifteen calls this year by Carnival Cruise Lines, the line has cut back its 2012 program from twelve calls to just one next April. The curious thing is that no one seems to have said why this is happening, except that Carnival have planned alternate itineraries elsewhere. In the UK, meanwhile, in another chase for revenue maximization, Royal Caribbean will abandon winter cruising from Southampton in favour of warm weather cruising from Fort Lauderdale for the foreseeable future. But P&O will have two ships running from Southampton instead. Ans back to

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New Kids on the Block Rock Carnival’s Destiny

NKOTB “Back in the Day” Rock Out ‘80’s Style to the Bahamas Liam P. Cusack Editor (3:48 p.m. EDT) — The New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) are together again and will set sail for the Bahamas on Carnival Destiny. The boy band that made teen girls scream and swoon in the ’80’s and early ’90’s has grown up — and are quickly becoming the kings of the theme cruise world. Veteran cruisers the “Kids” sold out their first concert cruise in 2009, crashing the cruise lines reservation computer systems process. Their last cruise was sold out, as well. The

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