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Carnival Corporation & plc and Its Brands Donate More Than $7 Million for Hurricane Relief

Funds to be Distributed Across Six Different Disaster Relief Organizations

MIAMI, Nov. 30, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc(NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE: CUK) and its affiliated brands are donating more than$7 million to various disaster relief organizations.

The funds, which are specifically earmarked for hurricane-affected areasin the Gulf Coast, Florida and Mexico, include a $6 million donation fromCarnival Corporation & plc and an additional $1 million raised by theemployees and guests of its operating companies.

"This year's hurricane season was the most active in modern history, withseveral storms causing widespread damage to the southeastern U.S. and Mexico'sYucatan Peninsula. Even though hurricane season ends today, there is stillsignificant damage in these regions and thousands of individuals are in needof assistance. It is our hope that this donation will provide much-neededrelief to residents in these affected areas," said Micky Arison, CarnivalCorporation & plc chairman and CEO.

The donation is earmarked to the following relief organizations:

* American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund ($2.5 million to aid the GulfRegion and South Florida, as well as $250,000 designated for Cozumel throughthe Mexican Red Cross)

* United Way of America Hurricane Relief Fund ($1 million to helpresidents of Broward County, Fla., affected by Hurricane Wilma)

* Partnership for Recovery ($1 million toward this new organization whichfocuses on creating affordable housing opportunities for individuals andfamilies displaced by Hurricane Wilma in Miami-Dade County, Fla.)

    * Florida Hurricane Relief Fund ($1 million)    * Save the Children - Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery Fund ($250,000)    * My Key West Emergency Relief Fund ($250,000)

In addition to the $6 million corporate donation, $1 million was raised bythe employees and guests of Carnival's affiliated cruise brands throughvarious shipboard and shoreside fundraisers, employee payroll deductions, andguest donations through their shipboard accounts.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in theworld, with a portfolio of 12 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 79 ships totaling more than 137,000 lowerberths with 12 new ships scheduled for delivery between January 2006 and April2009. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies inAlaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours.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 theFTSE 100 indices.

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SOURCE Carnival Corporation

CONTACT: Media (U.S.), Tim Gallagher, +1-305-599-2600, ext. 16000, or
Investor Relations (U.S. or UK), Beth Roberts, +1-305-406-4832, both of
Carnival Corporation & plc; or Media (UK), Sophie Fitton or Sarah Lindgreen,
both of Brunswick Group, +011-44-20-7404-5959, for Carnival

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