THE Australian Financial Review may need some education about the cruise industry – and certainly won’t be popular with one Ann Sherry, head of Carnival Australia this morning. An AFR report in today’s issue on the down under deployment of Ovation of the Seas (see p1) describes Royal Caribbean as...
THE Australian Financial Review
may need some education
about the cruise industry – and
certainly won’t be popular with
one Ann Sherry, head of Carnival
Australia this morning.
An AFR report in today’s issue
on the down under deployment
of Ovation of the Seas (see
p1) describes Royal Caribbean
as “the world’s largest cruise
company” – not quite correct
given that Carnival Corporation
has more than 100 vessels across
around nine brands – compared
to RCCL’s 45 ships and 3 brands.
However RCI’s Ovation will
be the largest cruise ship ever
deployed in Australian waters
“apart from some smelly oil
tanker,” according to Royal
Caribbean’s Gavin Smith.
CARNIVAL Cruise Lines is
definitely cranking up the
volume with a series of on-board
concerts featuring some of the
world’s top (ageing) music acts.
The Carnival LIVE series sees
the artists perform aboard the
line’s vessels while docked in
one of three Caribbean ports of
call – Cozumel, Nassau and St
Thomas.
One of the headliners is none
other than Lionel Richie, who
Carnival promises will have
cruisers “dancing on the ceiling”
aboard Carnival Freedom and
Carnival Pride in Nassau.
Also on the list are rock
superstars BOSTON as well as
the legendary Heart, who were
inducted into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame in 2013.
Styx and Smokey Robinson are
also appearing during the series,
with tickets able to be booked in
conjunction with cruises.
