Carnival's Dickinson Advises Carnival of Retire...

Carnival's Dickinson Advises Carnival Corporation & plc of Retirement Plans 
 
  Gerry Cahill to Take Top Post at Carnival Cruise Lines; David Bernstein to 
      Become Senior Vice President and CFO of Carnival Corporation & plc 
 
    MIAMI, July 9 -- Bob Dickinson, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, 
has informed Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) that he will 
retire at the end of the year. He will remain on the company's board of 
directors. 
     Gerry Cahill, executive vice president and CFO of Carnival Corporation & 
plc, will assume Dickinson's responsibilities as president and CEO effective 
immediately so that there is an ample transition period.  David Bernstein, 
Carnival Corporation & plc's vice president and treasurer, will become the 
company's CFO, also effective immediately.  
    "I have been blessed to have had a long, fun-filled career helping to 
build Carnival and the cruise industry. I'm still having fun so giving all of 
that up has been a very difficult decision but I'll be 65 next month and have 
been pondering this with my family for some time," Dickinson said. "I look 
forward to working with Gerry who will inherit what I believe is the most 
talented and dedicated management team in the cruise industry," he added. 
    "Bob has truly achieved legendary status in the travel industry.  There is 
simply no other travel industry executive who is as well known and respected 
as he," said Micky Arison, chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation & plc. 
Arison called Dickinson, "one of the most influential people in the 
development of the modern-day cruise industry." He said that Dickinson would 
be missed "not only by everyone here at Carnival, but by travel agents, his 
competitors and the media who loved his often humorous sound bites." 
    Bob Dickinson joined Carnival Cruise Lines as executive vice president in 
1972. He became senior vice president of sales and marketing in 1979. In 1993, 
he was promoted to president and in 2005 CEO was added to Dickinson's title. 
During his 35-year tenure at Carnival he has been very active in travel 
industry affairs having served as chairman of Cruise Lines International 
Association (CLIA), the Travel Industry Association (TIA), and the Miami Beach 
Visitors and Convention Authority and as vice-chair for the United States 
National Tourism Organization.  
    Gerry Cahill, 56, joined Carnival Corporation in 1994 as vice president - 
finance and in 1998 was promoted to senior vice president - finance and chief 
financial officer. In December 2003, he was named executive vice president and 
CFO. From 1988 to 1994, Cahill was with Safecard Services, Inc., a NYSE-listed 
company, where he served first as chief financial officer and then as chief 
operating officer. From 1979 to 1988, Cahill held financial posts at Resorts 
International, Inc., and prior to that spent six years with Price Waterhouse. 
    David Bernstein, 49, joined the Carnival group in 1998 as chief financial 
officer of the company's Cunard Line and Seabourn Cruise Line operating units. 
In July 2003, he moved to Carnival Corporation & plc to become vice president 
and treasurer. He also spent seven years at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. where 
he held various financial posts, including assistant controller, assistant 
treasurer and director of corporate planning. 
    "Once again, our deep pool of talented people allows us to tap very 
experienced executives within our own organization to take over when our most 
senior executives make the decision to retire," said Arison.  
    "I'm very excited as this is a great opportunity," said Cahill. "I've 
always loved the 'Fun Ship' cruise experience and I can't think of a more 
exciting job than to bring fun-filled vacations to millions of guests each 
year. Carnival Cruise Lines is already the most successful cruise brand in the 
world and I look forward to working with the talented Carnival management team 
to build on their accomplishments and to make the 'Fun Ship' cruise experience 
the best that it can possibly be," he added.    
 
    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, Seabourn Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean 
Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia. 
    Together, these brands operate 82 ships totaling 154,000 lower berths with 
17 new ships scheduled to enter service between December 2007 and June 2011. 
Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and Princess 
Tours, the leading tour companies 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 
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