MIAMI (August 7, 2013) – Kenneth Jones has been appointed vice president of corporate marketing
for Miami-based Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise vacation group.
In this capacity, Jones is responsible for the continued
development of the corporate marketing
function by collaborating with brand leadership and department heads in
the areas of distribution, reservations, marketing, revenue management,
and itinerary planning.
Jones will join Carnival Corp. & plc on
September 4 and will report to Richard Ames, senior
vice president of corporate business services.
Prior
to joining Carnival, Jones served for eight years as a managing partner
with Knight Consulting in Orlando, Florida. Prior to that he was
internal communications - agency
director within the Walt Disney Theme Parks and Resorts business. He
also spent several years with advertising agency Ellis &
Diaz/Bozell.
Jones
previously served for eight years as a managing partner with Knight
Consulting in Orlando, Florida. Prior to that, he was director of
internal communications at Walt
Disney Theme Parks and Resorts. He also spent several years with
advertising agency Ellis & Diaz/Bozell.
“These
combined experiences will enable Ken to effectively work with the
brands in support of existing brand initiatives in marketing and to
identify and implement new opportunities
in the future,” Ames noted.
Jones graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor of science in advertising and communication.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in
the world, with a portfolio of
cruise brands in North America, Australia and Asia, comprised of
Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn,
AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises
(Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together,
these brands operate 102 ships totaling 209, 000 lower berths with
seven new ships scheduled to be delivered between May 2014 and April
2016. Carnival Corporation
& plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the
leading tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both
the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc
is the only group in the world to be included in both
the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
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