MIAMI, April 4,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line said today
that the one-week period of March 28-April
3 was its busiest booking week in the company's history,
showing a double-digit increase from the previous record 7-day
booking total.
With 22 of its 23 ships back in guest operations across all its
year-round U.S. homeports, Carnival has led the industry in terms
of restart and customer demand. Its final ship, Carnival Splendor,
will return to service from Seattle on May
2, and then Carnival will welcome its newest ship, Carnival
Celebration, to PortMiami in November. By year-end 2022, Carnival
will have more capacity sailing (as measured by ALBDs – available
lower berth days) than it was sailing in 2019. And then in 2023,
Carnival will put into service another new Excel-class ship,
Carnival Jubilee from Galveston.
"The excitement of the industry's restart, our successful return
of our entire fleet, the guest reaction to Mardi Gras, our loyal guest response to our 50th
birthday this year, the support of our travel advisor partners —
and of course, the amazing work of our Carnival team — have all
contributed to the strong demand we are seeing, and this
record-breaking booking week," said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise
Line.
Duffy added that all sales channels, including Carnival.com,
travel advisors, the Carnival guest contact center and personal
vacation planners all contributed to the record-breaking results.
With the restart of cruising in Australia now set, Carnival is finalizing
plans for its return in Australia
and will be announcing those details soon.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part
of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
proud to be known as America's Cruise Line with a total of 23
ships, sailing from 14 U.S. homeports and employing more than
40,000 team members from 120 nationalities. Carnival's newest ship,
Mardi Gras, featuring the
first roller coaster at sea and the first cruise ship in the
Americas powered by eco-friendly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG),
sailed from Port Canaveral, Fla., July 31,
2021. As part of its 50th Birthday festivities, Carnival
Celebration, sister ship to Mardi
Gras, is scheduled to debut in late 2022 from PortMiami,
as well as Carnival Jubilee from Galveston in 2023.
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SOURCE Carnival Cruise Line