Carnival Corporation Announces New Excel-Class Ship
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(eap) Carnival Corporation & pls has announced the addition of a new Excel-Class ship to its Carnival Cruise Line brand. Following ships such as the “Mardi Gras”, “Carnival Celebration” and “Carnival Jubilee”, the to date unnamed coming new liner will be the 10th Excel class ship in the cruise line’s portfolio. The new 180,000-ton cruise ship, which will offer space for over 6,400 guests, is expected to set sail in spring 2027. The new liner will be built by the German shipbuilding company Meyer Werft.
“Our Excel-class ships have been a tremendous addition to the Carnival fleet and proven very popular with our guests,” says Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “As the world’s most popular cruise line, this new ship enables us to continue the growth of our incredible fleet as we welcome our loyal guests back to cruise more frequently and attract new-to-cruise guests to experience all that a Carnival cruise has to offer.”
“Building on our strong performance and growing momentum around the world, we are excited to resume our newbuild program and further enhance our global fleet with yet another state-of-the-art ship that will wow Carnival Cruise Line’s guests,” states Josh Weinstein, CEO of Carnival Corporation.
“We are following through on our measured capacity growth strategy with the addition of one to two ships per year beginning in 2027, which will be allocated to our cruise lines that most need the capacity to satisfy outsized demand, delivering an attractive payback period. We also remain focused on driving revenue growth throughout our portfolio of world-class cruise lines by continuing to improve execution across all aspects of our operation, yielding higher return on invested capital,” adds Weinstein.
“We are very pleased that the partnership between the MEYER Group and Carnival Corporation will continue with this new order,” adds Bernd Eikens, CEO Meyer Group.
Carnival Cruise Line recently announced first details about its coming new exclusive vacation destination “Celebration Key™” on the island of Grand Bahama (Caribbean) (see our EAP News). ■
