September 2007

Up to $100 Per Stateroom Shipboard Credit on ‘Fun Ship’ Cruises Also Available During Special ‘October Super Sale’ Promotion In conjunction with CLIA’s “World’s Largest Cruise Night” promotion taking place on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Carnival Cruise Lines has created a special micro-site designed to help travel agents promote the popular cruise-themed sales event.  In addition to the micro-site, Carnival’s “World’s Largest Cruise Night” promotion includes a special two-week “October Super Sale” offering shipboard credits of up to $100 per stateroom for all bookings made between Oct. 14 and 28, 2007.

CARNIVAL CREATES SPECIAL MICRO-SITE TO PROMOTE CLIA’S ‘WORLD’S LARGEST CRUISE NIGHT’ ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 Up to $100 Per Stateroom Shipboard Credit on ‘Fun Ship’ Cruises Also Available During Special ‘October Super Sale’ Promotion              MIAMI (September 27, 2007) – In conjunction with CLIA’s “World’s Largest Cruise Night” promotion taking place on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Carnival Cruise Lines has created a special micro-site designed to help travel agents promote the popular cruise-themed sales event. 

John Heald – Carnival Freedom’s senior cruise director whose blog has become a cruise industry sensation, with nearly 700,000 visitors since its debut in March – has been named “Sea Going Employee of the Year” by Seatrade Insider, a leading on-line source for cruise industry news and information. The award, which was presented earlier today at the Seatrade Europe opening party held at the Schmidt’s Tivoli Theatre in Hamburg, recognizes the shipboard employee who has made a significant contribution to the cruise industry over the past year. The award was based on a survey of Seatrade Insider readers, with Heald receiving more votes among the six candidates vying for the honor. “Thanks to everyone who voted for me – I…

CARNIVAL FREEDOM SENIOR CRUISE DIRECTOR JOHN HEALD NAMED SEATRADE INSIDER’S ‘SEA GOING EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR’              MIAMI (September 25, 2007) – John Heald – Carnival Freedom’s senior cruise director whose blog has become a cruise industry sensation, with nearly 700,000 visitors since its debut in March – has been named “Sea Going Employee of the Year” by Seatrade Insider, a leading on-line source for cruise industry news and information.

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Certificates Can be Used Toward Golf Outings for Two, Couples Spa Treatments and More As part of the ongoing expansion of its “Preferred Awards” program for meeting and incentive travel planners, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering new all-inclusive certificates that can be used toward a round of golf for two or a couples spa treatment on board. The new certificates, which are available in the form of a shipboard credit and can be purchased via the line’s Bon Voyage department, online at carnival.com or through any travel agent, complement the line’s wide-ranging “Preferred Awards” program designed to provide businesses with a convenient and creative way to reward top employees and encourage customer sales. The certificates can be applied toward a…

Month-Long Festivities to Include Costume Contests, Trick or Treating, Themed Giveaways and More Halloween is always a fun and memorable time aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ ships. And with the “Frightfully Fun” promotion, guests sailing with Carnival can enjoy a variety of fun-filled activities, everything from costume contests and Halloween-themed giveaways to scary movies, and, of course, trick or treating, with candies and other goodies from M&M’S®. The “Frightfully Fun” promotion, which is also sponsored by Coca Cola, will be held on all Carnival voyages departing between Oct. 13 and 30, 2007. Guests sailing on Carnival during the period are encouraged to bring their costumes and they can compete for a variety of prizes during the always-interesting costume contest and parade. 

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES EXPANDS ‘PREFERRED AWARDS’ PROGRAM TO INCLUDE NEW ALL-INCLUSIVE GOLF AND SPA CERTIFICATES  Certificates Can be Used Toward Golf Outings for Two, Couples Spa Treatments and More              MIAMI (September 18, 2007) – As part of the ongoing expansion of its “Preferred Awards” program for meeting and incentive travel planners, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering new all-inclusive certificates that can be used toward a round of golf for two or a couples spa treatment on board.

CARNIVAL, M&M’S® TEAM UP FOR ‘FRIGHTFULLY FUN’ HALLOWEEN PROMOTION ABOARD ‘FUN SHIPS’  Month-Long Festivities to Include Costume Contests, Trick or Treating, Themed Giveaways and More              MIAMI (September 17, 2007) – Halloween is always a fun and memorable time aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ ships.             And with the “Frightfully Fun” promotion, guests sailing with Carnival can enjoy a variety of fun-filled activities, everything from costume contests and Halloween-themed giveaways to scary movies, and, of course, trick or treating, with candies and other goodies from M&M’S®.

Carnival Ecstasy – September 13, 2007 Departure We have been closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Humberto. Due to the local impact from this storm, we want to advise guests boarding tomorrow to be aware that it is likely the ship will be delayed arriving back to Galveston from the previous cruise. If travel plans are flexible, we strongly recommend that guests arrive at the terminal in Galveston after 2:00 PM. In addition, we will delay our departure time from Galveston to 6:00 PM. This delay will not impact the itinerary and will allow guests some extra time to get to the port tomorrow if needed. Most importantly, we are looking forward to welcoming our guests aboard the beautiful Carnival Ecstasy. The officers,…