Carnival donating $1 Million to Charley victims

[Jason]

Carnival Corporation & plc Donating $1 Million to Aid Victims of Hurricane Charley

Funds to Be Split Between the Hurricane Charley Disaster Relief Fund

Established by the Volunteer Florida Foundation and American Red Cross

Disaster Relief Fund

MIAMI, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc

(NYSE: CCL; London) (NYSE: CUK), the Miami-based multi-brand cruise company,

is making a $1 million donation to aid victims of Hurricane Charley. Half the

monies will be directed to the disaster relief fund, recently announced by

Florida Governor Jeb Bush that has been established by the Volunteer Florida

Foundation, and the other half to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

"Those of us who live and work in South Florida feel a particularly strong

level of compassion for the victims of Hurricane Charley, as many members of

our own community recall the difficulties faced following Hurricane Andrew,"

said Carnival Corporation & plc Chairman and CEO Micky Arison.

He added, "Among those who have been affected are fellow travel industry

partners and customers, and it is our privilege to lend support to them and

the many citizens within these communities in their time of need."

Arison is also managing general partner of the Miami HEAT basketball team,

which last week sent a group, including HEAT players, Burnie the HEAT mascot,

the HEAT Dancers and the Xtreme Team, to visit several locations on Florida's

West Coast to lift the spirits of hurricane victims.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the

world, with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands in North America, Europe and

Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess

Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA, Costa Cruises, Cunard

Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises Australia.

Together, these brands operate 77 ships totaling more than 128,000 lower

berths with eight new ships scheduled for delivery between November 2004 and

December 2006. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour

companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess

Tours. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival

Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the

S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.

[BoatrideLover]

Way to go, Carnival!!!! :grin: :grin:

[rogue]

It's nice to see companies with a heart. There are all too few.

Howard

[Shari2]

Very nice of them!!!!