Carnival Australia

Formed in 2004, Carnival Australia is a division of Carnival Corp, and is the backbone of the cruise industry in this region with the P&O Cruises brand sailing from Australia for 78 years. We represent six of the international cruise brands in the local market: P&O Cruises, P&O World Voyages, Cunard, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises and Seabourn.

Over the past five years, Carnival Australia has expanded its operations from one cruise ship sailing from Sydney to five ships sailing year round from Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle, Newcastle and Auckland under the local brands of P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises. A sixth superliner will be added to the local fleet in December this year.

The expanding local fleet has created opportunities for developing new homeports as well as launching new itineraries featuring new destinations such as Christmas Island and Indonesia.

In addition, coastal cruises and around-Australia itineraries have provided a significant boost to regional towns, which benefit from day visits by 2000 cruise passengers.

Cruising is the stand-out success story of tourism. The most recent industry figures show about 330,000 Australians are cruising each year - a jump of 26% in just 12 months.

An Access Economics The Australian cruise sector report issued last month shows that the Australian cruise industry's contribution to the national economy rose 54% to A$1.2 billion in 2007-08 - far exceeding general tourism activity which is more modest. Forecasts indicate the industry will be carrying one million passengers by 2020 and contributing more than A$3 billion to the national economy provided infrastructure impediments are removed.

P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises has been sailing from Australia for 78 years, but in the past five years P&O Cruises has expanded its operations from one cruise ship, based in Sydney, to three cruise ships sailing year round from the ports of Sydney, Brisbane, Fremantle, Newcastle and Auckland. P&O Cruises will welcome a fourth ship to its fleet in December 2010.

www.pocruises.com.au

www.pocruises.co.nz

Cunard

Step back into the golden age of ocean travel, a time when liners at sea were the embodiment of the good life. For over 165 years Cunard has perfected the legendary adventure of cruising with an unrivalled sense of glamour, sophistication and romance

The grandest ocean liner in the world, Cunard's Queen Mary 2, will also be capturing headlines again this year when she calls at Sydney and makes her maiden visits to North Queensland Adelaide and Fremantle, in March 2010, just weeks after her "little" sister, the gracious Queen Victoria, also visits our shores.

KEY FACTS

Two majestic ocean liners: 151,400-ton Queen Mary 2 and 90,000-ton Queen Victoria

Destinations: World Voyages, Canada & New England, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe & Baltic and Transatlantic

Ideal for well travelled, sophisticated guests looking for a more traditional cruise experience and impeccable service standards

http://www.cunardline.com.au

Costa

Costa Cruises enjoys a reputation for world class cruising Italian style. Founded by an Italian family more than fifty years ago,
Costa offers ‘resort-style' cruising and is Europe's largest cruise line.

KEY FACTS

* A fleet of 13 Italian designed ships ranging from 26,000-ton Costa Marina to 112,000-ton Costa Concordia and Costa Serena

* Destinations: Atlantic Ocean, Asia, Baltic & Russia, Caribbean, Mauritius, Mediterranean, Middle East, Northern Europe, South America and Transatlantic

* Ideal for travellers seeking a more European cultural experience on board, where they can indulge in a uniquely Italian style of cruising

http://www.costacruises.com.au/

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises now deploys two modern superliners in Australian waters full-time.

The 77,000-tonne premium superliner, Sun Princess sails itineraries from Sydney and Fremantle while her twin sister, Dawn Princess, has been offering cruises from Sydney and Melbourne since November 2008. Dawn Princess' itineraries also feature an annual world voyage from Sydney, a first for Australian cruise passengers which has proved tremendously popular.

The expanding local fleet has created opportunities for developing new homeports such as Fremantle and Newcastle as well as launching new itineraries featuring new destinations such as to Christmas Island and Indonesia. In addition, coastal cruises and around-Australia itineraries have provided a significant boost to regional towns, which benefit from day visits by 2000 cruise passengers.

One of the world's biggest liners, the US-based, 116,000-tonne Diamond Princess will return to Australia for another summer season in 2010-11, offering a series of cruises between Sydney and Auckland.

www.princess.com

P&O Cruises World Voyages

Sailing Britain's largest fleet, P&O Cruises has earned its reputation as a leader in world cruising. Since pioneering cruise holidays in the 1880s they have been perfecting, redefining and developing them ever since.

Two P&O Cruises World Voyages vessels - Oriana and Arcadia - will also be cruising down under in early 2010, while later in the year Oriana will call again as part of the British cruise line's largest ever annual world voyage program, which will see three superliners visiting Australia over the 2010-11 summer season.

http://www.pocruises.com/

Seabourn

In 1987, Seabourn created a new style of cruising, dedicated to delivering the highest levels of personalised service to an exclusive group of guests aboard elegant, yacht-like ships that visit the most enticing destinations worldwide.

A Seabourn cruise combines a superior level of personalised service, spacious all-suite accommodations, and gourmet cuisine by celebrity chef Charlie Palmer

Seabourn also regularly deploys its ultra-luxury 'yachts' on cruises to Australia, with its newest ship, Odyssey, set to make a memorable debut in Australia during her inaugural world voyage in February 2010.

http://www.seabourn.com/