Carnival Corporation is one of the world's largest cruise companies, owning a portfolio of global cruise line brands that includes Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (United Kingdom) and Cunard. Carnival Corporation's largest premium cruise line is Princess Cruises, which is the world's largest premium cruise line. Founded in 1965, Princess Cruises currently sails 17 ships to destinations all over the world. The line was featured in the hit TV series Love Boat in the 70s and 80s and can now be seen everywhere from Europe to Asia and South America. When sailing in the Caribbean, Princess ships usually stop at the award-winning private island of Princess Cays.
Holland America Line is another one of Carnival Corporation's cruise lines. Founded in 1873, Holland America Line offers 14 medium-sized cruises and is now headquartered in Seattle. The line offers popular cruises to Alaska and Europe as well as trips to Australia, Asia, Hawaii, South America, the Caribbean and even Antarctica. Holland America Line is known for its focus on discovering new cultures and places and offers 1-day cruises or cruises for up to 50 days. Seabourn Cruise Line is another one of Carnival Corporation's luxury cruise lines.
With operations that began in 1988, Seabourn offers ultra-luxury vacations on 5 small ships that can offer a more personal experience on its 600- and 450-passenger ships. Most cruises last 7 to 14 days but Seabourn also has some much longer trips that last several months and sail around the world. Costa Cruises is another one of Carnival Corporation's cruise lines with cruises mainly in Europe, South America and the Caribbean right now. The line has a fleet of 15 cruise ships that fly under the Italian flag and are headquartered in Genova, Italy. Costa is known for having some of the best ships in Italy in terms of maritime decoration and design and will add 4 more ships to its fleet in the next 3 years. These new constructions will consist of two ships with capacity for 5,220 passengers and two ships with capacity for 4,180 passengers.
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line based in Doral, Florida that is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. The company's logo is a funnel shaped like a whale's tail with a combination of red, white and blue colors that are integrated into the ships in the line. Carnival ranks first in the list of the largest cruise lines according to the passengers they carry annually. In addition, Carnival Cruise Line Australia has two ships and offers cruises from Sydney and Brisbane to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Other cruise lines owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC include Disney Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Star Clippers, Viking Cruises and Windstar Cruises. Fiesta Marina Cruises was a Spanish-speaking cruise line aimed at the Spanish-speaking market that was only liquidated a year after its founding in the early 1990s.
As Carnival expanded its portfolio, Royal Caribbean acquired Celebrity Cruises (its premium line) once independent and separated Azamara Club Cruises (its exclusive line) from it. P&O Cruises is Britain's favorite cruise line offering guests a vacation with a combination of discovery, variety, relaxation and exceptional service for British tastes. In 1998, the seventh ship in the Fantasy class - Elation - was the first cruiser to have the innovative azipod propulsion which is used on most of today's new cruisers. Carnival Cruise Line offers cruises generally three to eight days long with most ships departing from 14 convenient U. S. ports.
Seabourn offers ultra-luxury cruise vacations with a unique small ship style that focuses on genuine and intuitive service, all-suite accommodations, excellent cuisine and unique experiences in destinations around the world. This means that luxury competitors Crystal Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises now have a corporate technical relationship. At the time of that merger, Carnival Corporation also acquired P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia and AIDA Cruises.
