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“The ProMedical team worked around the clock for the first 48 hours after tragedy struck in Port Vila, searching for survivors in the rubble and helping provide critical medical care to the injured.” (more…)
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Carnival Splendor, Carnival Cruise Line’s Sydney-based vessel, is on its way to Singapore for a dry dock upgrade. (more…)
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Carnival Corporation & plc today (June 3, 2024) announced that in March 2025, the company will sunset the P&O Cruises Australia brand and fold the Australia operations into Carnival Cruise Line, the most popular cruise line in the world. (more…)
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One of the most famous cruise liners to sail around Australia will be no more, with the shock announcement that P&O Cruises Australia will cease to exist from early 2025. (more…)
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Carnival Cruise Line was deemed “negligent” over a 2020 COVID outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that resulted in 28 deaths, Australia’s Federal Court ruled in a class action lawsuit on Wednesday. (more…)
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As one of the most globally recognised brands in the travel and tourism industry, CCL is experiencing an exciting period of growth, fuelled by the escalating demand for cruise holidays. (more…)
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New Zealand has launched an ambitious plan that rewrites the approach to tourism and the environment in New Zealand. (more…)
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Carnival Australia has welcomed experienced global travel sector executives, Kathryn Robertson and Katie Malone to the Sales and Marketing Team. (more…)
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Carnival Cruise Lines’ makes vaccinations and mask wearing compulsory as cases rise and after Majestic Princess reported 800 positive test results. (more…)
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A cruise ship carrying at least 800 passengers infected with COVID-19 arrived in Sydney, Australia from New Zealand, multiple sources reported. (more…)
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Guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 on board the Coral Princess will isolate for five days on-board the ship, which arrived in Western Australia as the first cruise ship in two years. (more…)
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In keeping with Sydney Harbour’s rich maritime heritage, on 18 April, P&O Cruises Australia’s flagship “Pacific Explorer” will return home to lead the restart of cruising in Australia. (more…)
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With the return of cruising on the horizon, Australia’s main cruise organisation, Carnival Australia, is unveiling plans for its ships to make about 140 calls to Queensland ports this year in a commitment worth an expected $165 million to the state’s economy. (more…)
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The Federal Government’s decision to allow the cruise ban to lapse from April 17 is a major development and the first critical step to enable cruising and its contribution to the national economy to resume after the two-year suspension of operations. (more…)
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Carnival Corporation & plc today announced two appointments within its global leadership team, naming industry veterans to lead operations for Carnival UK and Carnival Australia. (more…)
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As Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth today became the largest cruise ship to berth at the Cairns Cruise Terminal, Carnival Australia said it was proud to have contributed to this landmark visit to Far North Queensland. (more…)
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Australia’s leading cruise organisation, Carnival Australia, today pledged $350,000 to support the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund as a result of the devastating bushfires. (more…)
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Carnival Corporation and plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, has made changes to its leadership team with appointments and promotions to serve multiple brands and business units globally including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn and Carnival Australia. (more…)
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Three Carnival Australia-brand ships today (Nov.5) delivered 6000 guests to the Melbourne Cup on cruises featuring body positive model Fiona Falkiner, media personality Deborah Hutton, two Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys, Jim Cassidy and John Letts, and other racing luminaries. (more…)
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An all-star global concert in Melbourne on Tuesday (April 30) featuring many of the world’s greatest jazz musicians and streamed to a worldwide audience of millions will be the focal point of Carnival Corporation’s sponsorship of this year’s International Jazz Day. (more…)
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Carnival Australia wrapped up another record-breaking summer cruise season this weekend – after pumping over half a billion dollars into the economy with 698 port calls. The season kicked off with the arrival of Princess Cruises’ Majestic Princess on September 15 – the largest Princess ship to sail in Australia. (cruisepassenger.com.au)
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Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that on January 14, 2019, Katie Lahey, executive chair, Australasia, for Korn Ferry, has been appointed to the company’s boards of directors, effective immediately. (more…)
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Some of the world’s top tennis players took time off the circuit to enjoy views of the iconic Sydney Harbour on board Carnival Spirit yesterday (Jan.8). (eglobaltravelmedia.com.au)
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Australia’s leading cruise organisation, Carnival Australia, said it was thrilled to receive a prestigious national award for its part in a project supporting indigenous entrepreneurs in the Pacific to develop new shore tour businesses. (more…)
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Cruise tourism’s love affair with New Zealand is set to gather pace during the imminent 2018-19 summer cruise season with six Carnival Australia lines accounting for a record 405 port calls generating nearly NZD$200 million in economic activity. (more…)
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Australia’s ports are set for a bumper cruise season with industry leader Carnival Australia-brand ships making a record 696 calls generating around $500 million in economic activity. (more…)
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A new international cruise terminal will be operating in Brisbane within two years after Port of Brisbane and Carnival Australia today announced they had reached a commercial agreement. (more…)
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Following its Annual General Meeting in Sydney, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia announced the appointment of Carnival Australia President Sture Myrmell as the association’s new chair. (more…)
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Carnival Australia and Ports North have completed discussions on Cairns’ potential for continuing growth as a cruise hub in far North Queensland with the continued progression of the Cairns Shipping Development Project which will improve access for large cruise vessels. (more…)
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Carnival Corporation announced a number of changes related to certain business units and its operations in Asia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Carnival Australia has ended 2017 with a bang, discovering that its ships welcomed an unprecedented one million Australians and New Zealanders in a 12-month period. The milestone, which sets a new record for the local cruise industry, came as a pleasant surprise while “doing the maths” on passenger numbers from October 2016 to October 2017. (cruisecritic.com)
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Carnival Australia announced the charter of three of the cruise company’s ships to support Papua New Guinea’s hosting of the 2018 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Port Moresby in November of next year, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Carnival announced today (Nov. 30) that P&O Cruises’ Sture Myrmell would expand his role to include regional responsibility for the organization’s shared services group which supports all the global brands in this market, according to a statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Leading cruise company Carnival Australia has announced Fremantle will be used as a home port for Princess Cruises after an earlier threat to pull out. (abc.net.au)
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Carnival Australia Executive Chairman Ann Sherry today congratulated her team for their decade of achievement during her ten years at the helm of Australia’s leading cruise company, according to a company statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Australia’s leading cruise operator Carnival Australia and major contributor to Tasmania’s surge in cruise tourism today praised the state’s cruise guides for their grassroots understanding of the sector’s benefits for the local economy. (more…)
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Leading cruise operator, Carnival Australia, which accounts for seven iconic brands in this market, today announced FleishmanHillard has been appointed to support its public relations activities in Australia and New Zealand. (more…)
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Australia’s largest cruise operator Carnival Australia says the growth in cruising on its locally-based ships has helped fuel a staggering 21 per cent increase in the number of Australians taking an ocean cruise. (more…)
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Carnival Australia welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a multi-user cruise terminal in Newcastle to support cruise tourism in the Hunter region. (more…)
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