MIAMI, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest leisure travel company, today announced that the
corporation's philanthropic arm, Carnival Foundation, and five of
its global cruise line brands together with the Micky and Madeleine
Arison Family Foundation have collectively pledged over
US$1.25 million to support disaster
recovery efforts from raging bushfires causing widespread
devastation throughout Australia.
The pledge includes US$1 million
from the family foundation of Carnival Corporation's Chairman
Micky Arison and his wife Madeleine,
in addition to US$250,000
(AU$350,000) from Carnival Foundation and five of the company's
brands – P&O Cruises (Australia), Carnival Cruise Line, Cunard,
Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. All five brands have
ships based year-round in Australia or homeport seasonally in the
country.
Similar to donations following recent hurricanes and typhoons,
support is being directed to both immediate and long-term relief
efforts. Based on input from local officials and community leaders,
the US$1 million donation will be
provided to support the most timely and urgent relief needs
throughout the country. As previously announced, the US$250,000 donation has been committed to the
Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.
"Our cruise lines carried hundreds of thousands of Aussies and
international guests on voyages this summer, and this gesture is a
sign of our solidarity with the local community," said Sture
Myrmell, president of Carnival Australia, which comprises several
of the corporation's brands operating in the country. "As a cruise
shipping organization with close ties to Australian communities
developed over many years, we have been shocked by the devastation
from this ongoing disaster. Our cruise lines are contributing to
the Australian Red Cross' Disaster Relief and Recovery work because
of the organization's experience in dealing with the effects of
natural disasters and its national reach."
Added Myrmell: "Communities affected by the bushfire crisis are
in immediate need, and we are pleased to be able to contribute in a
way that ensures help can be delivered where it is needed most and
as quickly as possible. This contribution is being made on behalf
of all of our guests who are no doubt equally shocked and concerned
at what has happened to their fellow Australians."
The company's commitment follows the combined AU$50,000 donation
from P&O Cruises (Australia)
and its guests to the St Vincent de Paul Society in late 2019 to
support residents of New South
Wales and Queensland
impacted by the local bushfires at that time.
Information on the Australian Red Cross, its recovery efforts
and ways to provide support can be found at
https://www.redcross.org.au/.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival
Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel
company and among the most profitable and financially strong in the
cruise and vacation industries, with a portfolio of nine of the
world's leading cruise lines. With operations in North
America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise
Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn,
P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises,
P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Together, the corporation's cruise lines operate 105 ships with
254,000 lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with
16 new ships scheduled to be delivered through 2025. 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.
With a long history of innovation and providing guests with
extraordinary vacation experiences, Carnival Corporation has
received thousands of industry awards – including recognition by
the Consumer Technology Association™ as a CES® 2019 Innovation
Awards Honoree for OceanMedallion™. A revolutionary wearable device
that contains a proprietary blend of communication technologies,
OceanMedallion enables the world's first interactive guest
experience platform transforming vacation travel on a large scale
into a highly personalized level of customized service. The
prestigious CES Innovation Awards honor outstanding design and
engineering in consumer technology products.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de,
www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.
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