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Carnival Corporation & plc Confirms, Clarifies Discussions With TUI AG

MIAMI, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc(NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE: CUK) has confirmed that it has held discussions withTUI AG (TUIGn.DE) and that those discussions are continuing. However, thenature of the discussions has been incorrectly reported by various Germanmedia as they do not involve exclusive distribution of any of Carnival'scruise products.

The company's very successful AIDA brand, which serves the German market,is completely satisfied with its present distribution model and appreciatesthe support that it receives from its travel agent partners.

Should current discussions lead to an agreement with TUI AG, CarnivalCorporation & plc will immediately announce details of the agreement.However, until that time, the company will not comment further.

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 approximately 144,000lower berths with 17 new ships scheduled to enter service between March 2007and spring 2010. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tourcompanies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and PrincessTours. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, CarnivalCorporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both theS&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.

SOURCE Carnival Corporation & plc

CONTACT: MEDIA, US, Tim Gallagher of Carnival Corporation & plc,
+1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000; or UK, Ruban Yogarajah of Brunswick Group,
44 (0) 20 7404 5959; or INVESTOR RELATIONS, US-UK, Beth Roberts of Carnival
Corporation & plc, +1-305-406-4832

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