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A Global Cruise Company
Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Our portfolio of
12 leading cruise brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Windstar Cruises and Seabourn
Cruise Line in North America; P&O Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village and Swan Hellenic in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in
Germany; Costa Cruises in Europe; and P&O Cruises in Australia. These brands, which comprise the most-recognized cruise brands
in North and South America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Southern Europe and Australia, offer a wide range of holiday and
vacation products to a customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. We also
own two leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon that complement our cruise operations, Holland America and
Princess Tours. Combined, our vacation companies attract over six million guests annually.
Carnival’s product offerings provide our guests with exceptional vacation experiences at an outstanding value, and our success in
this regard has made us the most profitable company in the leisure industry. Our company is dually listed on both the New York
Stock Exchange and on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol CCL. Carnival is the only company in the world to be included
in both the S&P 500 Index in the United States and the FTSE 100 Index in the United Kingdom.
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. and London, England, Carnival has approximately 70,000 employees worldwide. We operate
a fleet of 77 ships, and we have another 13 vessels scheduled for delivery by 2009. With more than 135,000 guests and 56,000 crew
members, there are over 190,000 people cruising with Carnival at any given time.
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES ~ PRINCESS CRUISES ~ HOLLAND AMERIC A LINE
SEABOURN CRUISE LINE ~ WINDSTAR CRUISES ~ COSTA CRUISES ~ P&O CRUISES
CUNARD LINE ~ SWAN HELLENIC ~ OCE AN VILL AGE ~ AIDA ~ P&O CRUISES AUSTRALIA