Carnival Appoints New Board Member, Declares Di...

Carnival Corporation & plc Adds Kelly-Ennis to Board of Directors, Announces  
                              Quarterly Dividend                               

MIAMI, April 12, 2012 -- At the annual shareholders meeting of Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) held yesterday in Miami Beach,
Fla., shareholders elected a new member to the company's board of directors -
Debra Kelly-Ennis, president and chief executive officer of Diageo Canada,
Inc.  Kelly-Ennis will serve in a non-executive capacity on Carnival
Corporation & plc's 14-member board, effective immediately. She will also serve
on the board-level Health, Environmental, Safety and Security Committee.

Additionally, Uzi Zucker is retiring from the board of directors after 25 years
of service.  As a result of his retirement, Arnold Donald and Richard Glasier
have been appointed to the Nominating and Governance Committee, and Stuart
Subotnick to the Executive Committee.

"Debra Kelly-Ennis is an excellent addition to our board with extensive
marketing and practical managerial experience gained through 30 years working
with highly successful consumer brands," said Micky Arison, Carnival
Corporation & plc's chairman and CEO. "At the same time, I would also like to
thank and acknowledge the contributions of Uzi Zucker during his long tenure as
a member of our board," he added.  Arison noted that Zucker has been designated
director emeritus by the company's board.

Since 2008, Kelly-Ennis has served as president and chief executive officer of
Diageo Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Diageo plc, a global spirits, wine and
beer company. Prior to that, she was chief marketing officer for Diageo North
America Inc., another subsidiary of Diageo plc, for three years.  Kelly-Ennis
has also held marketing, sales and general management positions with leading
companies such as RJR/Nabisco, Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, General Motors
Corporation and Grand Metropolitan plc. She has been honored as one of the Top
100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for the past three years in a row and was
named Leading Chief Executive Officer in 2010 by the Toronto Human Resources
Professional Association.

Carnival Corporation & plc's board of directors also approved a quarterly
dividend to holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc
ordinary shares of $0.25 per share.  The board approved a record date for the
quarterly dividend of May 25, 2012, and a payment date of June 15, 2012.

Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ADSs will receive
the dividend payable in U.S. dollars.  The dividend for Carnival plc ordinary
shares will be payable in U.S. dollars or sterling.  In the absence of
instructions or elections to the contrary, holders of Carnival plc ordinary
shares will automatically receive the dividend in sterling. 

Dividends payable in sterling will be converted from U.S. dollars at the
exchange rate quoted by the Bank of England in London at 12 noon on June 1,
2012.  Holders of Carnival plc ordinary shares wishing to receive their
dividend in U.S. dollars or participate in the Carnival plc Dividend
Reinvestment Plan must elect to do so by May 25, 2012.           

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with a
portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia,
comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,
Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises
(Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK). 

Together, these brands operate 98 ships totaling 195,000 lower berths with 10
new ships scheduled to enter service between May 2012 and March 2016.  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.   

SOURCE Carnival Plc

CONTACT:  Media, US/UK, Jennifer de la Cruz, Carnival Corporation &
plc, [phone], ext. 16000, or Investor Relations, US/UK, Beth Roberts,
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