Carnival Corporation Names Antorcha to Lead Holland America Line; Palomba as COO for Carnival Cruise Line

MIAMI, July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL NYSE: CUK) now declared two vital moves inside its global management group as element of the firm’s broader attempts to enhance operations and ideal prepare the business for the eventual resumption of cruising.

Gus Antorcha, presently main operations officer for Carnival Cruise Line, has been named president of Holland America Line, helpful quickly. Antorcha will report straight to Stein Kruse, team CEO of Holland America Group and Carnival Uk.

Neil Palomba, presently president of the firm’s Italy-primarily based Costa Cruises, has been named government vice president and main operations officer for Carnival Cruise Line, helpful quickly, reporting straight to Christine Duffy, president of the model. In the course of Palomba’s transition, the Costa Cruises management group will proceed to report to Michael Thamm, CEO of Costa Group and Carnival Asia.

“As element of our ongoing attempts to proceed improving our global operations, these moves clearly reveal the depth and toughness of our management group,” reported Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation. “We are employing this pause in guest operations to evaluate each individual aspect of our business, which include our management constructions, and make improvements exactly where ideal to strengthen our business. Gus and Neil are both of those demonstrated and strategic leaders inside our business, and we are looking forward to their contributions and achievement in these new roles as we situation our business and our manufacturers for a brilliant potential.”

Antorcha will lead one of Carnival Corporation’s most storied manufacturers, Holland America Line, an award-winning, top quality cruise line recognized for immersive, genuine ordeals onboard and shoreside. In this role, he will guideline Holland America Line’s return to cruise operations and plans for potential development, which include profits and internet marketing, profits management, deployment and itinerary setting up, community relations, guest expert services operations and strategic setting up.

As an industry veteran with more than 9 several years of service at Carnival Cruise Line, Antorcha held several crucial management roles supporting the brand’s continued development and reputation among cruisers. Prior to turning into main operations officer, Antorcha served as Carnival Cruise Line’s government vice president, guest expert services, accountable for onboard operations, and senior vice president, guest commerce. He formerly served as a husband or wife and running director for Boston Consulting Group.

Palomba assumes the role of main operations officer for Carnival Corporation’s namesake and greatest model, Carnival Cruise Line. In this role, his duties involve oversight of all resort operations, guest expert services, guest commerce and guest care.

Given that February 2015, Palomba has led Costa Cruises, with responsibility for running all facets of the model, which include strategy, products design, guest care, profits, internet marketing, profits management and fleet deployment, among the many others. Less than his management, Costa Cruises launched its “Italy’s Greatest” model positioning, debuted a quantity of guest and onboard practical experience innovations, and introduced Costa Smeralda, the brand’s very first cruise ship run by liquefied all-natural gasoline (LNG).  

Prior to turning into president of Costa Cruises, Palomba served as the brand’s senior vice president, resort operations and guest practical experience commencing in January 2014. Earlier, he held a number of management positions in the cruise industry, operating up to corporate working officer for a global cruise line, pursuing a number of onshore and onboard roles, which include positions in the resort and deck departments on board a cruise ship and increasing to serve as a 2nd officer.

About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is one of the world’s greatest leisure vacation firms with a portfolio of 9 of the world’s top cruise lines. With operations in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (Uk) and Cunard.

More information and facts can be identified on www.carnival.com, www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com, www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de, www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.

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