Carnival Corporation & plc has been recognized in Newsweek’s first ranking of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2020. Companies were evaluated based on their environmental, social, and corporate governance performance. A total of 2000 American public companies were evaluated and the top 300 are included on the list. We are honored to be listed as the highest-ranking company in the cruise sector. The list of companies can be viewed here.

Carnival Corporation & plc has been honored by maritime industry peers with the Greenest Shipowner of the Year Neptune Award, which recognizes a company that has shown excellence in reducing environmental impact in the operation of its fleet in the past year. Winners were chosen by executives from ship owners, ports, and marine technology companies who gathered to share best practices and cutting-edge technologies to enable continued reductions in the environmental impacts of shipping.

Carnival’s AIDA Cruises has been awarded the “Blue Angel,” Germany’s Federal Government eco-label, for AIDAnova’s environmentally-friendly ship design. Through the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the ship emissions of particulate matter and sulfur oxides are almost completely eliminated; nitrogen oxide and CO2 emissions are sustainably reduced. In September 2019, the “Blue Angel” logo was painted onto AIDAnova’s side at the Port of Marseille. Click here for more information.

The OceanMedallion is transforming the vacation experience and has set a high bar for how Internet of Things (IoT) is being delivered to mainstream society in coming years. Carnival Corporation & plc was the first non-traditional technology company to be recognized by the IoT Breakthrough Awards. This award was the fifth recognition Carnival Corporation received for its OceanMedallion in 2019. Carnival Corporation was recognized by CES – the global stage for innovation (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) – as a CES 2019 Innovations Award Honoree, and was named a 2019 Edison Awards Finalist, which recognizes and honors the world’s best innovators and innovations. We were also selected as a Skift Design Award winner for Best Cruise Experience for OceanCompassTM, an application within the MedallionClass Experience that also received a Stevie Award for Social Business Solution from the American Business Awards.

In 2019, for the 19th consecutive year, Carnival Corporation & plc’s private island Half Moon Cay, located on the island of Little San Salvador in The Bahamas, was named Best Private Island Destination by Porthole Cruise Magazine. Half Moon Cay is visited by both Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line.

The annual Trusted Brands consumer survey conducted by Reader’s Digest magazine named AIDA Cruises brand as Germany’s Most Trustworthy Cruise Company in 2019. The magazine asked consumers to name which brand they trust the most and would recommend to their family or friends.

Carnival Cruise Line was named Best Domestic Cruise Line for the fourth year in a row at the annual Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards, in addition to Best Family Experience and Best Travel Advisor Educational Program. Carnival Cruise Line also earned several USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards, including Best Ocean Cruise and Best Cruise Ship for Families.

In 2019, Cunard earned Porthole Cruise Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Award for Best Trans- Atlantic Experience. Cunard was also named Favorite Luxury/Premium Cruise Line in the 2019 World of Cruising Wave Awards.

In 2019, Costa Cruise’s Costa App won the Mediastars Prize, the Italian advertising technical award, in the App category. This was the fifth prize Costa Cruises won within just a few months for the application. The Costa App is a new digital tool that is making the onboard experience increasingly user-friendly. As part of the Italian advertising awards, the Costa App also won the Special Star prize, which was awarded to Costa Cruises and Triplesense Reply for creative direction. In addition, the app received first place at the Interactive Key Awards in the Mobile Communication category and won the Silver award in both “UX, Interface and Navigation 2019” and “Apps 2019” at the Indigo Awards.

In 2019, Rudi’s Sel de Mer, a French seafood brasserie on board Holland America Line’s Nieuw Statendam, and the cruise line’s Alaska itineraries were named among the best of the best in Porthole Cruise Magazine’s annual Editor-in-Chief Awards for 2019. Holland America Line’s Alaska itineraries were also honored at the 2019 AFAR Travelers’ Choice Awards and received Best Itineraries in the Cruise Critic Editors’ Picks Awards.

In 2019, P&O Australia was named the winner of Trusted Cruise Operator by Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Australia, and was honored with multiple Cruise Critic Australia Cruisers’ Choice Awards including Best Cruise for Families, Best Shore Excursions for Mid-Sized Ships, Best for Fitness & Recreation for Mid-Sized Ships and Best Nightlife.

In 2019, P&O Cruises UK earned several Travel Weekly Cool Cruises Awards, including Best for Value, Best for World Cruises, Best for Mediterranean and Best for Caribbean.

In 2019, Princess Cruises was named Best Cruise Line in Alaska in the Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards for the 13th consecutive year. Additionally, Princess Cruises received the Wine Spectator 2019 Restaurant Award of Excellence. Princess Cruises also received its second consecutive SHAPE Magazine Healthy Travel Award, recognizing the brand’s fleetwide state-of-the-art Lotus Spa and Fitness Centers.

In 2019, Seabourn collected more than 45 top travel industry awards, ranging from reader polls, cruise press, and travel professionals. Accolades included the Best Luxury Cruise Line; Excellence in Luxury Leisure, Best Luxury Cruise Line for Couples; the Best Cruise Line for Solo Travelers; the Best Cruise Line for Spas; the Best Boutique Cruising Experience; and much more. Among others, Seabourn was named one of TIME magazine’s World’s Greatest Places to Stay, and Best Cruise Line for Luxury Small Ships in Luxury Travel Advisor’s Awards of Excellence. The brand also ranked at the top of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Cruise Lines list for Best Cruise Line in the Mediterranean. Additionally, Seabourn was recognized as Best Small-Ship Ocean Cruise Line in the Telegraph Travel Awards. Seabourn is also consistently ranked among the world’s top travel choices by professional critics and the discerning readers of prestigious travel publications such as Departures, Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler.

CARNIVAL PANORAMA: Carnival Panorama is the third ship in the line’s popular Vista-class series. Carnival Panorama sails from Long Beach, California, and is the line’s first ship homeported on the West Coast in more than 20 years.

COSTA VENEZIA: Costa Venezia is Costa’s first ship specifically built for the China market. Costa Venezia offers Costa’s authentic Italian experience tailored for its Chinese customers, introducing guests to Italian culture, lifestyle and excellence – starting with details in the ship’s interiors, which are inspired by the city of Venice. Guests can also savor Italian entertainment, including a masquerade ball that will recreate the magical atmosphere of the famous Carnival of Venice, while also enjoying familiar comforts such as a wide array of Chinese cuisine available, Chinese-style karaoke bars and more.

COSTA SMERALDA: Costa Smeralda launched as Costa’s first cruise ship to be powered at sea and in port by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the world’s cleanest fossil fuel. Costa Smeralda is the second of a new class of next-generation ‘green’ cruise ships and a significant product innovation. Costa Smeralda commenced operations in December 2019.

SKY PRINCESS: Sky Princess honors the women of the U.S. Space Program with special recognition to U.S. Navy Aviator and Captain, Kay Hire, and NASA engineer and civil rights attorney, Frances Northcutt, during the ship’s naming ceremony. Sky Princess also debuted the new luxurious Sky Suites, with expansive views from the largest balconies at sea, along with new exciting entertainment experiences and dining choices.

In 2019, we continued to enhance cybersecurity capabilities and data privacy initiatives to protect the fleet, employees and our guests from any threats that could impact operational technology systems and data privacy. We introduced data privacy and cybersecurity training for applicable shipboard staff and shoreside employees. Cybersecurity policies and procedures were introduced into our Global Health, Environment, Safety and Security (HESS) management system. We also have implemented procedures to ensure compliance with applicable data privacy laws in various jurisdictions.

AIDA Cruises offers guests bicycles for excursions in destinations around the world. Expanding on this program, in 2019 AIDA Cruises purchased around 300 “my Boo” bamboo bikes for select ships, with proceeds from the sale benefitting social projects in Ghana. Bamboo is a renewable material that is as strong as steel and as lightweight as aluminum.

AIDA Cruises eliminated the need to dispense printed tickets for shore excursions. All information about the starting time and meeting point of the excursion is available to guests on the Board Portal or shown on the screens in the public areas of the ship. Guests’ boarding cards work as a ticket. Thanks to this effort, around 15 tons of paper will be saved per year across the AIDA fleet.

Holland America Line and O, The Oprah Magazine, started their partnership in 2017. In January 2019, Oprah Winfrey, the founder and editor at large of O, The Oprah Magazine, christened Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam, and led a unique “Girls Getaway” cruise for the entire ship on its first cruise.

Carnival Cruise Line has become the first cruise operator to be certified “sensory inclusive” by KultureCity, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to accessibility and inclusion for individuals with sensory needs and invisible disabilities. The program started in October 2019 and all of Carnival Cruise Line’s South Florida-based ships are certified, with the balance of the fleet scheduled to be completed in 2020.

As part of a comprehensive fleetwide training program, hundreds of guest-facing team members, including guest services personnel and youth staff, have been trained to understand and help adults, youth, and children with sensory-related questions or needs relating to conditions such as Autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, PTSD, etc.

Continuing its longstanding support of military personnel, Carnival Cruise Line debuted the “Heroes Tribute Bar,” a first-of-its-kind venue on the new Carnival Panorama. The venue features a distinctive All-American décor with logos of the five branches of the armed services of the U.S. military as well as patriotic and military memorabilia throughout the room. The walls are lined with photos and messages around three main themes: Welcome Home, Thank You for Your Service, and America’s Heroes.

The Heroes Tribute Bar also benefits Carnival Cruise Line’s partner Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to building strong, stable, and secure military families. Specialty cocktails and beer will be offered and served in a custom pint glass with a portion of each sale benefiting Operation Homefront.

MedallionClass Vacations were unveiled in 2017 and since then have taken service to the next level, delivering a new level of personalized service. The OceanMedallion, a quarter-sized wearable device that enables a faster boarding process and on- demand services. Additionally, the OceanMedallion enables guests to locate friends and family on board the ship if they have opted to connect with each other. In 2019, the Princess MedallionClassTM experience expanded to three additional Princess ships – Royal Princess, Crown Princess, and Sky Princess.

Costa Cruises Foundation – Costa Crociere joined forces with the Norwegian nonprofit Sahara Forest Project Foundation to enlarge the scope to revegetate the desert in Jordan with sustainable technologies and to promote social and environmental improvement within the region. Currently, the Sahara Forest Project operates three hectares of commercial facility, located 12 kilometers north of the port of Aqaba. The project focuses on combining saltwater-cooled greenhouses, solar energy panels, and different techniques for outdoor revegetation in dry areas. An important part of the agreement is represented by the involvement of Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises guests: guests cruising on Costa and AIDA ships calling at Aqaba will have the unique chance to taste, for the very first time in the world, at least ten different environmentally-friendly vegetables produced by using solar power and saltwater in the Jordan desert, through special recipes created by the Executive Chefs of the two cruise companies to emphasize their taste and quality.

The longstanding partnership between Princess Cruises and Discovery brings fun, educational activities to the onboard programming. Through Discovery at SEA, Princess Cruises puts a unique spin on cruise entertainment that is especially appealing to animal lovers as well as science and nature enthusiasts. In 2019, the brand announced its newest Discovery at SEA interactive attraction: a first-of-its-kind, digitally enhanced escape room. The experience is currently exclusively available on Sky Princess with plans to expand to the next Princess Cruises ship debuting in 2020.

In 2019, Seabourn signed an agreement to extend its official partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a unique alliance to help protect World Heritage. Since the partnership’s inception in 2014, Seabourn and its guests have contributed more than $1 million to UNESCO, providing a significant level of support to the organization and its mission. The five- year extension will continue to foster wider support and understanding in the travel industry and among travelers for UNESCO’s mission of safeguarding and promoting the world’s unique cultural and natural heritage recognized for its outstanding universal value.