In April, we reported that current Costa CEO Pier Luigi Foschi will retire from his role at Costa Cruises. It seemed to be a reactionary move, corresponding to the Concordia disaster. However, it has been announced that Mr. Foschi will instead be appointed to oversee Carnival plc.’s “growth strategies within the rapidly expanding Asian region.” [...]
Italy’s Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard has just delivered the Carnival Breeze to Carnival Cruise Lines. The 130,000grt ship will be one of the first Carnival Corp.’s ships post Joe Farcus and Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) first. The interiors were designed by Partner Ship Design (PSD). An interesting note, Carnival, as of this post, no longer has [...]
And they said the Costa brand was dead…. When Carnival ordered 3 ships for AIDA/Costa back in August, there was a provision for a second ship for Costa. Rumor has it that Carnival my be close to picking up that option. Here’s what I wrote back in August: [The deal] calls for one ship for [...]
Carnival held their annual shareholders meeting in Miami last week and well, it will be one that Carnival plc. CEO Micky Arison will not forget anytime soon. A Miami version of Occupy Wall Street calling themselves 1Miami, came to protest Carnival plc’s corporate tax structure. Carnival is a registered company in Panama but has their [...]
