SETS ALL-TIME HIGH FOR NUMBER OF GUESTS BOOKED IN A SINGLE WEEK
MIAMI (February 6, 2013) – Carnival Cruise Lines set a one-week
reservations record, taking gross bookings for 187,283 guests between
Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2013.
Bookings were at unprecedented levels across the line’s 24-ship fleet,
which operates three- to 18-day voyages from a wide range of
convenient North American homeports as well as a variety of attractive
European and Australian itineraries.
Carnival President and CEO Gerry Cahill attributed the record booking
activity to a number of factors, including continued recognition
among consumers of the exceptional value provided by a Carnival cruise
vacation, particularly given the line’s $500 million Fun Ship 2.0
product enhancement initiative, strong support from the cruise line’s
highly valued travel agent partners, as well as recent
sales and marketing activities.
The latter includes the Vacation Awesome-ation sale and prize giveaway
held last week, and a variety of promotional activities surrounding
the upcoming debut of Carnival Sunshine, the line’s most comprehensive
ship transformation project ever which will encompass a $155 million
makeover followed by the launch of Mediterranean voyages in April.
“Consumers continue to seek value in their discretionary purchases and
we’ve taken the value of a Carnival cruise vacation to a completely
new level with an extensive range of product innovations and
enhancements that are receiving tremendous accolades and enticing more
and more consumers to vacation with us,” Cahill said.
For additional information and reservations on any of Carnival’s “Fun
Ship” vacations, call 1-800-327-9501 (individual) or 1-800-327-5782
(groups) or visit the line’s travel agent portal GoCCL.com.
Carnival can also be found on:
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/carnivalcruise
Facebook Fan Page:
www.facebook.com/carnival
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/carnivalfunships
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About Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival
is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 18-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera,
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England,
Europe, Bermuda, South America, Panama Canal, New Zealand, the Pacific
Islands, Norway, the Baltic and the British Isles. The company’s 25th ship, an as-yet-unnamed 135,000-ton vessel, is scheduled for delivery in winter 2016.
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