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APEC CEO Summit Hosted On Board P&O Australia's Pacific Explorer

MIAMI, Nov. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit held Nov. 15 on board Pacific Explorer from P&O Cruises Australia, Ann Sherry, executive chair of Carnival Australia – a part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company – met with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill to discuss cruise tourism and its sustained growth in the region.  

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit held Nov. 15 on board Pacific Explorer from P&O Cruises Australia, Ann Sherry, executive chair of Carnival Australia – a part of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company – met with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to discuss cruise tourism and its sustained growth in the region.

About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company and among the most profitable and financially strong in the cruise and vacation industries, with a portfolio of 10 dynamic brands that include nine of the world's leading cruise lines. With operations in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard, as well as Fathom, the corporation's immersion and enrichment experience brand.

Together, the corporation's cruise lines operate 103 ships with 234,000 lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with 22 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and 2025. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.

In 2017, Fast Company recognized Carnival Corporation as being among the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies" in both the design and travel categories. Fast Company specifically recognized Carnival Corporation for its work in developing OceanMedallion™, a high-tech wearable device that enables the world's first interactive guest experience platform capable of transforming vacation travel into a highly personalized and elevated level of customized service.

Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com, www.fathom.org, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com, www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com.

 

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SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc

Roger Frizzell, Carnival Corporation, rfrizzell@carnival.com, (305) 406-7862; Mike Flanagan, LDWW, mike@ldwwgroup.com, (727) 452-4538

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