Tagged: Carnival Australia (Carnival Corp. & plc)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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…)

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…)

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…)