In early February 2015, Christine Duffy took an unconventional path to turn out to be president of Carnival Cruise Line – the world’s hottest cruise line – and her management of the namesake model of Carnival Company’s suite of world cruise traces continues to convey spectacular outcomes as she celebrates her 10-year anniversary. To look at a video highlighting her accomplishments, click here.
Duffy got here to Carnival after serving as CEO of the Cruise Strains Worldwide Affiliation (CLIA) following a profession within the journey company and assembly planning sectors. Her first interplay with the cruise enterprise was main the trade’s commerce affiliation, however former Carnival Company CEO Arnold Donald noticed a novel set of management expertise that might convey a brand new stage of vitality and focus to Carnival Cruise Line, which had helped make a cruise trip accessible, inexpensive and enjoyable for hundreds of thousands of Individuals.
Since 2015, Duffy has introduced a brand new stage of engagement, enthusiasm, innovation and pleasure to Carnival, counting amongst her accomplishments:
- Including 9 ships to the Carnival fleet;
- Working 13,500 sailings;
- Internet hosting 42.5 million visitors;
- Overseeing 70 dry dock ship refurbishments;
- Hiring 15,780 new staff members;
- Making 253 visits to Carnival ships;
- Taking 672 aircraft journeys and flying 1.7 million miles;
- Being honored by Forbes journal, inducted into the CLIA Corridor of Fame, served as nationwide chair of the U.S. Journey Affiliation, served on the U.S. Division of Commerce’s Journey & Tourism Advisory Board and named one of many high 100 U.S. leaders in hospitality;
- And alongside the best way, she’s additionally taken to the skies in an airship, jumped out of an airplane for hurricane catastrophe aid, and led Carnival’s efforts to boost $27.3 million for St. Jude Youngsters’s Analysis Hospital.
However Duffy’s not but executed. Carnival’s new unique vacation spot Celebration Key is slated to open on Grand Bahama this July and extra growth is within the works throughout the newly renamed RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay, in addition to different locations. 5 further new ships are on order for supply by way of 2033, and Carnival is about to turn out to be the largest cruise operator in Australia when two P&O Australia ships be a part of Carnival this March.
With Duffy on the helm, the Carnival fleet is all the time on the transfer, and all the Carnival household joins in wishing her congratulations.
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ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, a part of Carnival Company & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is the primary cruise line to sail over 100 million visitors and is proud to be often called America’s Cruise Line, for carrying extra Individuals and serving extra U.S. homeports than every other. Since its founding in 1972, Carnival has frequently revolutionized the cruise trade and popularized the cruise trip as an inexpensive and enjoyable journey choice. Carnival operates from 13 U.S. and two Australian homeports, in addition to seasonally from Europe and employs greater than 48,000 staff members representing 120 nationalities.
Carnival’s fleet of 27 ships displays an thrilling interval of progress that continues with the addition of seven ships by way of 2033: two ships becoming a member of in February 2025 when P&O Cruises Australia integrates into Carnival; a fourth and fifth Excel class ship scheduled for 2027 and 2028 respectively; adopted by three further new ships from an progressive new class at present below growth. Carnival’s subsequent new visitor providing would be the all-new unique vacation spot, Celebration Key, set to debut on Grand Bahama subsequent summer time.
