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Carnival Cruise Line Appoints New Members To Its Travel Partner Advisory Committee For 2016

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MIAMI(February 17, 2016) - Carnival Cruise Line has appointed 20 new members to its2016 Travel Partner Advisory Committee (TPAC). Each year, the line invitesselect travel partners spanning an array of agency models to participate in thecommittee, which was first created in 2011. The purpose of TPAC is to offerguidance related to various trade programs, tools and initiatives introduced byCarnival.

“OurTPAC members continue to provide valuable insight on how we can be the bestpossible partner to the tens of thousands of agents we work with on a dailybasis,” said Carnival’s Vice President of U.S. Field Sales Mike Julius. “Wehave implemented dozens of suggestions based on the committee’s feedback overthe years and we are looking forward to even more innovative ideas from thisyear’s group of esteemed agents.”

Membersof TPAC are nominated by Carnival’s sales leadership team, who receive nomineesuggestions from their respective teams.

Nomineesare selected with the goal of creating a panel that reflects an array ofbusiness models that provide balanced and objective feedback through an openexchange of ideas. Travel professionals participate in the committee for aone-year period.

Membersof Carnival’s 2016 Travel Partner Advisory Committee include:

·Barbara Silver, Manager/Groups –OmniTours

·Becky Smith, Outside Agent – TravelConnections

·Dana Garrison, Director TravelOperations – AAA East Central

·Diana Poulson, Agent – Kahala Travel

·Gary Smith, Owner – CruiseOneSmithPollin Group

·Jason Coleman – Owner – Jason ColemanInc/Bon Tour Travel Ltd.

·Joshua Kline, I.C. –ExpediaCruiseShipCenters – Ft. Lauderdale

·Karen Marsh, Cruise Sales Manager –ExpediaCruiseShipCenters - Newfoundland

·Ken Madden, Owner – Cruise Planners –Madden

·Lisa Bazylewski, Owner – CanAmAdventures

·Lori Speers, Travel Manager – XstreamTravel

·Melissa Beaumont, Marketing Coordinator– Sky Travel

·Michael Palyok, Group Travel SalesSpecialist – AAA Carolinas

·Morrie Frazier, Owner – CruiseOne –Frazier Dunn

·Nico DiPerna, Travel Advisor – WMPHVacations

·Ralph Santisteban, Owner – CruiseOneSantisteban

·Tina Hammonds, Front Line Agent –Universal Travel

·Toni Anderson, Group Travel Consultant–Toni Anderson Enterprises LLC

·Tricia Seib, Travel Counselor – AAA ofMissouri

·Una Cooper, Host Agent – KHM TravelGroup/Anu Travel

TPACmembers provide Carnival with feedback throughout the year and participate inquarterly meetings with members of Carnival’s sales leadership team. The groupis led by Julius, and includes a panel of business development managers andtrade marketing team members, as well.

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AboutCarnival Cruise Line

Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation& plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is "The World's Most Popular CruiseLine®" with 24 ships operating three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas,Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda,Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The company currently hastwo new 133,500-ton ships on order--Carnival Vista, set to debut in 2016, andan as-yet-unnamed vessel scheduled to enter service in 2018.

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