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Cruise Industry Veteran Bo-Erik Blomqvist Named Senior Vice President - Corporate Shipbuilding for Carnival Corporation & plc

MIAMI, Oct. 22,2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bo-Erik Blomqvist, a 20-yearcruise industry veteran, has been named senior vice president -- corporateshipbuilding for Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK).

Based at Carnival's Southampton, UK, offices, Blomqvist will beginFebruary 1, 2008, and will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of thecompany's various newbuilding projects. He will report to CarnivalCorporation & plc Chairman and CEO Micky Arison and Vice Chairman and COOHoward Frank.

Blomqvist replaces Carnival's Senior Vice President -- International IanGaunt who is retiring as a senior officer but will remain as outside legalcounsel for shipbuilding contracts and related matters.

Blomqvist brings diverse experience to his new position at Carnival. Mostrecently, he was deputy president -- business area Cruise & Ferries at AkerYards and positioned in France where he was responsible for the integration ofthe Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard into the Aker Yards group and, beforethat, with Aker Yards in Finland.

He also spent 14 years at Finnish shipbuilder Kvaerner Masa-Yards invarious management and senior management positions. Blomqvist has served asproject manager for several cruise ship newbuildings and senior vice presidentfor its Helsinki shipyard as well as senior vice president sales and marketingbefore being promoted to deputy president of Aker Yards in Finland. Blomqvistearned a master's degree in science and technology -- naval architecture andships machinery from Helsinki University of Technology.

"We already know Bo-Erik well, having worked with him on several of ourshipbuilding projects. He is a highly talented and respected professionalwhose wide-ranging experience in all aspects of new ship construction makeshim the ideal candidate for this position," Frank said. "Carnival Corporation& plc currently has 20 new ships on order or under construction with threedifferent yards and Bo-Erik's strong management skills and keen attention todetail will enable our company's brands to continue to expand with thesehighly innovative new ship projects," he added.

Gaunt is retiring from his current position after nearly three decades ofinvolvement within the cruise industry, both as senior vice president --international for Carnival Corporation & plc since 1999, where he had overallresponsibility for the company's newbuilding projects, and other ventures inEurope and the UK, and as a senior partner at a leading London law firm wherehe was responsible for negotiating all of Carnival's shipbuilding contractssince 1981.

"Ian's contributions to Carnival Corporation & plc are immeasurable, ashe's played a critical role in the continued growth of our company overseeingthe construction of some of the most beautiful and technically advanced shipsin the cruise industry," Frank said. "On behalf of the entire Carnivalfamily, we would like to thank Ian for his years of dedicated service andcontributions to our company and industry and look forward to continuing towork with him as counsel," he added.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in theworld, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe andAustralia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, PrincessCruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line,Iberocruceros, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.

Together, these brands operate 84 ships totaling 156,000 lower berths with20 new ships scheduled to enter service between December 2007 and June 2012.Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and PrincessTours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded onboth the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc isthe only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE100 indices.

SOURCE Carnival Corporation

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Investor Relations, US-UK, Beth Roberts ofCarnival Corporation & plc, +1-305-406-4832

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