My parents have just booked on Carnival Sunshine, formerly the Carnival Destiny, and when built the worlds largest cruise ship and the first passenger ship to exceed 100,000 GRT. The ship has had a significant refurbishment and will be cruising the Mediterranean.
This post has been a bit delayed as I actually typed it on my train home, but its been sitting on my iPad waiting to be published! Last month I visited the London Cruise Show.
2012 is nearly upon us, so what do we have to look forward to in the next year. Well five new cruise ships will be joining the oceans, Norwegian Cruise Line will be listing on the stock market and Costa Romantica will emerge as Costa NeoRomantica, after a daring refurbishment. So heres our guesstimations for the… Read More What Does 2012 Have In Store?
Mikey, of Mikeys Cruise Blog, has been kind enough to share his experiences on Carnival Freedom. We think this cruise sound great, Mikey sounds like he had a great time, so have a look 🙂 Carnival Freedom was built in 2007, at a length on 290 meters carries 2974 passengers. As a member of the… Read More Guest Blog : Carnival Freedom
This blog is a long one, and based on what I currently understand about Carnival Corporation & PLC, as well as economic principles which I learnt in sixth form and at Maersk Line during yield management. There is no doubt flaws, but I’m a student, so tell me what you think. Carnival is an amazingly successful business,… Read More Improving Yield & Reducing Costs at Carnival
In 2000 Costa Atlantica debuted as the first of the Spirit Class. Built by Aker Yards the ship was not record-breaking in any way shape or form, or particularly innovative, but it did however allow for flexibility, being suitable to fit down the Panama canal and also had a significant amount of balconies. The Vista Class,… Read More The Sepdecuplets : The 17 Ships of the Spirit & Vista Class
Now this make come across as a strange article, but Carnival Corporation & PLC has not developed how we expected. Following the merger of P&O Princess Plc and Carnival Corporation we expected Princess Cruises to be sold or dissolved into other brands. This belief was held by a belief that Carnival, P&O, Holland America, Costa… Read More Where does Princess Fit?
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