Directorate Change

CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC ANNOUNCES KIRK LANTERMAN'S DEPARTURE FROM THE    
                                EXECUTIVE BOARD                                

MIAMI - (February 9, 2007) - Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE:
CUK) announced today that, in accordance with its corporate governance
guidelines, A. Kirk Lanterman, a member of its boards of directors, has not
been nominated for re-election to the boards of directors, as he has reached
the age of 75. Therefore, he will step down from the board of directors
following the next annual meetings of shareholders scheduled to be held on
April 16, 2007.

Lanterman has been a member of Carnival Corporation's board of directors since
April 1992 and a member of the directors of Carnival plc since April 2003. He
has served as a non-executive chairman of the board of Holland America Line
Inc., a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, since December 2004.

Prior to that, he served as chairman of the board, president and chief
executive officer of Holland America Line Inc from August 1999 until November
2003. He continued as Holland America's chairman of the board and chief
executive officer until November 2004.

"Kirk has been an essential part of the growth and success of our company over
the past 17 years. Under his strong leadership as president and chief executive
officer of Holland America Line, he oversaw the growth and positioning of the
line as the premium cruise leader," said Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation &
plc chairman and CEO.

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, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard
Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises Australia.

Together, these brands operate 81 ships totaling 144,000 lower berths with 20
new ships scheduled to enter service between March 2007 and spring 2011.
Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaska
and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. 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.

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