Carnival Corporation & PLC is a dual listed company, with headquarters at Carnival Place in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, USA, and at Carnival House in Southampton, England, UK. The constituent corporation and plc are separate listed companies and have different shareholder bodies, but they jointly own all the operating companies in the group. Carnival Corporation owns the majority stake, however as a condition of the merger between Carnival Corporation and P&O Princess Cruises PLC in 2002, it was agreed that P&O Princess would be relisted as Carnival plc in London, remaining as a separate company with a predominantly British shareholder body and largely retaining the P&O Princess executive team.[5][6] Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc stocks are currently traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CCL) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CUK and NYSE: CCL)
Executive control of each brand is by geographical location, with Carnival Corporation controlling operations in North America, Carnival UK controlling operations in the United Kingdom and Costa Cruises Group controlling operations in the rest of Europe. P&O Cruises Australia is operated by Carnival UK as a sister company of P&O Cruises.
AIDA Cruises, Germany
Carnival Cruise Lines, United States
Costa Cruises, Italy
Cunard Line, United Kingdom
Holland America Line, United States
Ibero Cruises, Spain
P&O Cruises, United Kingdom
P&O Cruises Australia, Australia
Princess Cruises, United States
Seabourn Cruise Line, United States
Carnival Cruise Lines – Carnival Breeze, Carnival Conquest, Carnival Destiny, Carnival Dream, Carnival Ecstasy, Carnival Elation, Carnival Fantasy, Carnival Fascination, Carnival Freedom, Carnival Glory, Carnival Imagination, Carnival Inspiration, Carnival Legend, Carnival Liberty, Carnival Magic, Carnival Miracle, Carnival Paradise, Carnival Pride, Carnival Sensation, Carnival Spirit, Carnival Splendor, Carnival Triumph, Carnival Valor, Carnival Victory
Holland America Line – Amsterdam, Eurodam, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Prinsendam, Rotterdam, Ryndam, Statendam, Veendam, Volendam, Westerdam, Zaandam, Zuiderdam
Princess Cruises – Caribbean Princess, Coral Princess, Crown Princess, Dawn Princess, Diamond Princess, Emerald Princess, Golden Princess, Grand Princess, Island Princess, Ocean Princess, Pacific Princess, Royal Princess, Ruby Princess, Sapphire Princess, Sea Princess, Star Princess, Sun Princess
Seabourn Cruise Line – Seabourn Legend, Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Spirit, Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn, Seabourn Quest
Prior to its acquisition by Carnival Corporation, Costa Cruises was one of the largest cruise ship operators in Europe. As part of the Carnival Corporation and plc, it is now one of the primary operating companies in the group, and is responsible for the group's operations in Europe. It has executive control of Costa Cruises in Italy, AIDA Cruises in Germany and Ibero Cruises in Spain. Control of AIDA Cruises was transferred to Costa following the merger of Carnival and P&O Princess Cruises, the company having previously been part of the P&O Princess portfolio. Ibero Cruises is a new cruise brand created by Carnival Corporation in 2007.
Costa Cruises – Costa Allegra, Costa Atlantica, Costa Classica, Costa Concordia, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Fascinosa, Costa Favolosa, Costa Fortuna, Costa Luminosa, Costa Magica, Costa Marina, Costa Mediterranea, Costa Pacifica, Costa Romantica, Costa Serena, Costa Victoria, Costa Voyager
AIDA Cruises – AIDAaura, AIDAbella, AIDAblu, AIDAcara, AIDAdiva, AIDAluna, AIDAsol, AIDAvita
Ibero Cruises – Grand Mistral, Grand Celebration, Grand Holiday
P&O Cruises – Adonia, Arcadia, Aurora, Azura, Oceana, Oriana, Ventura
P&O Cruises Australia – Pacific Dawn, Pacific Jewel, Pacific Sun, Pacific Pearl
Cunard Line – Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth
Ocean Village – Brand ceased trading October 2010
In 2007, Carnival sold Windstar to Ambassadors International Cruise Group and Swan Hellenic to Lord Sterling in 2007.
In 2009, Carnival UK announced that the Ocean Village brand will cease trading in 2010, with its two ships transferring to P&O Cruises Australia.
In 17 February 2010, Carnival and Fincantieri reached an agreement for the construction of a pair of cruise ships for its Princess Cruises brand. The contract was then finalized on 4 May 2010. These ships are expected to have a tonnage of 141,000-GT with a capacity for 3,600 passengers. These ships will be the largest ever built for Princess Cruises and the second largest build for Carnival; RMS Queen Mary 2 being the largest. These ships are expected to enter service in Spring 2013 and 2014 respectively.
October 2010, Ocean Village cruise line discontinued.
Carnival Corporation & plc have various notable ships as follows:
Queen Mary 2, the latest in a line of 'Cunard Queens', the prestigious transatlantic ocean liners (Cunard Line)
Carnival Destiny, the first cruise ship to be built over 100,000-GT (Carnival Cruise Lines)
Star Princess, received media attention when a large fire ripped through berths in March 2006 (Princess Cruises)
Caribbean Princess, the first cruise ship to have an outdoor movie theater (Princess Cruises)
Ventura, the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market (P&O Cruises)
Costa Concordia, received media attention when the ship ran aground off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy and capsized in January 2012 (Costa Cruises
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