Content Section
Laura Weil Appointed to Carnival Corporation & Plc Boards of Directors
MIAMI, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc(NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE: CUK) today announced that Laura Weil, a 25-yearveteran of the retail and finance industries, has been named to its board ofdirectors.
Weil will serve in a non-executive capacity on Carnival Corporation &Carnival plc's 15-member boards, effective immediately.
Weil has a diverse background in retail management with an emphasis onfinance and information technology. Most recently, she served as chiefoperating officer and executive vice president of AnnTaylor StoresCorporation, a publicly traded women's apparel company with $2.1 billion inannual revenues. Prior to that, Weil was chief financial officer andexecutive vice president at American Eagle Outfitters, a NASDAQ-tradedclothing retailer. She also worked at R.H. Macy & Co., where she was vicepresident - finance and chief financial officer - credit operations.
Weil has also held numerous posts within the banking industry, includingOppenheimer & Co. and Lehman Bros., both based in New York. She currentlyserves on the board of Ultra Stores Corporation, a privately held jewelryretailer based in Chicago.
"Laura Weil is a highly talented and respected business executive and weare very pleased to welcome her as the newest member of Carnival Corporation &plc's boards of directors. She brings a wide-ranging knowledge and experience,including a strong background in retail and finance, and we look forward toher keen insight and guidance in the continued operation of our company," saidMicky Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc chairman and CEO.
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, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises,Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O CruisesAustralia.
Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling 144,000 lower berths with20 new ships scheduled to enter service between March 2007 and spring 2011.Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaskaand the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. 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.
No additional information is required to be disclosed pursuant toparagraph 16.4 of the UKLA Listing Rules.
SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc
CONTACT: media, Tim Gallagher, +1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000, or
investors, Beth Roberts, +1-305-406-4832, both of Carnival Corporation & plc;
or Richard Jacques or Sophie Fitton, both of Brunswick Group, 44-(0)-20-7404-
5959, for Carnival Corporation
Kaleidoscope powered