CARNIVAL PLC SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR ...

Carnival Corporation & plc Signs Memorandum of Agreement for
                  Two Ships for Its Princess Cruises Brand

    MIAMI, Feb. 17 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)
has signed a memorandum of agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for
the construction of two 3,600-passenger cruise ships for its Princess Cruises
brand. The agreement is subject to execution of a definitive contract,
financing and other customary closing conditions.

    The new ships - which will have an all-in cost of approximately euro
155,000 per lower berth - are scheduled to enter service in spring 2013 and
spring 2014. At 139,000 tons each, the as-yet-unnamed ships will be the
largest in the Princess Cruises fleet.

    Additional details will be announced at a later date.

    Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the
world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and
Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line,
Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.

    Together, these brands operate 95 ships totaling more than 184,000 lower
berths with 11 new ships scheduled to be delivered between March 2010 and May
2012. 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 Corporation & plc

    CONTACT: Media, US, Tim Gallagher, [phone], ext. 16000, or
Investor Relations, US/UK, Beth Roberts, [phone], both of Carnival
Corporation & plc