Buckelew To Become Carnival Corp. COO

Alan Buckelew To Become Chief Operations Officer Of Carnival Corporation & plc

MIAMI, Nov. 4, 2013 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)
today announced Alan Buckelew, currently the president and CEO of Princess
Cruises, is being appointed to the newly created role of chief operations
officer of Carnival Corporation & plc effective December 1, 2013, reporting to
President and CEO Arnold Donald.

"With his successful track record in both running a brand and as a functional
lead, Alan is ideally suited to take on the tasks of this new role," said
Donald.

Buckelew will have oversight of all maritime and port operations around the
world and our group collaborative functions, including information technology;
group strategy and global operations; ship retrofits; newbuilds; research and
development; risk advisory; and quality assurance. Additionally, Buckelew will
have oversight of Carnival Asia, with responsibility for coordinating all our
brand and related activities in that part of the world.

With a career spanning more than 36 years in the cruise industry, Buckelew has
served as chief executive officer of Princess Cruises since June 2007 and as
the line's president since February 2004. In addition he also served as chief
operating officer for Cunard Line from 2004 to 2007.

Buckelew has a breadth of experience across cruise operations, having served as
executive vice president responsible for Princess's strategic planning,
marketing and yield management services. Before that, Buckelew held various
other high-level executive positions in customer service, shared services and
yield management. Alan has also served as chief information officer and chief
financial officer of Princess.

Buckelew served in the U.S. Army in 1969 and 1970 in Vietnam and was awarded
the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Air Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry
with Palm and two Bronze Stars.

Born in Long Beach, Calif., Buckelew holds an MBA and bachelor's degree from
the University of California at Los Angeles.  He resides in Los Angeles with
his wife, Christine, and two daughters.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world with a
portfolio of cruise brands in North America, 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 over 100 ships totaling more than 200,000 lower
berths. Carnival Corporation and 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.

CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT, US, Carnival Corporation & plc, Roger Frizzell, 1 305
599 2600, ext. 67862, or INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT, US/UK, Carnival
Corporation & plc, Beth Roberts, 1 305 406 4832