Carnival Cruise Line tips

Cruise travel has never been more popular as the industry is expected to achieve record levels in 2024.

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Carnival Paradise crew members saving stranded sailors. (Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line Media)

Cruise lines are building a plethora of new ships—and they’re counting on travel advisors to help fill them.

The Carnival Corporation announced a major leadership change that will see Chief Maritime Officer Vice Admiral William R. Burke (Ret.) step down from the role and be replaced by Lars Ljoen, the current Chief Operations Officer for the Carnival Cruise Line brand.

Carnival has made a series of enhancements to the GOCCL online travel advisor booking engine. (Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line)

Texas-themed Jubilee celebrates Carnival Cruise Line’s new flagship.

A Texas-sized celebration occurred on Saturday as Carnival officially named their latest ship Carnival Jubilee.  

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Cruise line private islands have been making headlines lately: Most recently, news broke that the government of the Bahamas would rescind the tax-free status enjoyed by the islands on goods and services, which going forward will be subject to 10 percent VAT.

Windy weather in Jamaica caused a Carnival Cruise Line ship to ram into a pier earlier this week.

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Kids, tweens and teens will have lots of ways to stay busy when they sail aboard Carnival Jubilee, the cruise line’s newest ship. Carnival is rolling out an array of new family-friendly activities aboard the ship, which will set sail on its inaugural voyage from Galveston next week.

New ship now sailing home, increasing Carnival’s capacity from Galveston as Carnival adds fifth of six new ships to fleet since 2021.

Carnival Cruise Line will introduce 5G mobile connectivity aboard its upcoming Carnival Jubilee ship. 

Known for many years as primarily a Europe-focused accommodations business, Amsterdam-based Booking.com on Thursday launched cruises in the U.S. through a partnership with cruise agency World Travel Holdings.

Carnival Corp’s Australian unit has been ordered to pay the medical expenses of a woman who contracted Covid-19, with a judge ruling that the cruise ship operator misled passengers about safety risks in a landmark class action ruling.

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Freedom cruise ship has officially welcomed back travelers after unveiling a brand new funnel and signature Carnival red, white and blue hull livery, among other enhancements.The 2,980-guest ship entered its 16-day dry dock at the Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain earlier this month and has since embarked on a 14-day transatlantic voyage from Barcelona to its homeport of Port Canaveral, Florida.

Carnival Cruise executives had their conference call to discuss third-quarter results Friday, and Wall Street analysts kept asking about the risk of a consumer slowdown.

Carnival Cruise Line announced that Carnival Legend would join Carnival Dream, Carnival Breeze and Carnival Jubilee sailing out of the Port of Galveston in the fall of 2025.