- World's largest travel and leisure company also appoints
Felix Eichhorn president of AIDA
Cruises
MIAMI, Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest travel and leisure company, today announced that
Michael Ungerer, currently president
of Germany-based AIDA Cruises, has
been appointed Chief Operations Officer-Shared Services for
Carnival Asia, effective September 1,
2015. Ungerer will relocate to Shanghai, China, and directly support each of
the Carnival Corporation brands operating in the region to leverage
the company's industry-leading presence and scale in the
region.
Ungerer will jointly report to Michael
Thamm, CEO of the Costa Group, which includes AIDA Cruises
and Costa Cruises, and to a China
steering committee comprising the Carnival Corporation brands
operating in the region.
In addition, longtime AIDA senior executive Felix Eichhorn has been named president of AIDA
Cruises. He will also report to Thamm.
"The moves are an important part of our growth strategy in
Asia," said Alan Buckelew, Chief Operations Officer for
Carnival Corporation. "We thank Michael for his nearly two decades
of exceptional leadership in helping develop AIDA into one of our
most profitable and popular cruise brands and the market leader in
Germany. We have every confidence
that Michael's leadership will have a major impact in his new role
for Carnival Corporation in Asia,
where we are the leading cruise company and expect significant
growth opportunities, especially in China."
Added Thamm: "We also look forward to adding Felix to our senior
leadership team and having him continue the great momentum that
AIDA Cruises has established as one of the top cruise lines in the
world."
Ungerer, 49, joined AIDA Cruises in 1997 and has been President
of AIDA Cruises since July 2012. From
July 2004 to June 2012, he served as AIDA Cruises' Senior Vice
President-Operations, responsible for marine operations, new ship
builds, guest services, shoreside operations, entertainment and
purchasing. He played an important role in the company's product
development, as well as further developing AIDA Cruises' high
standards of quality for providing a world-class guest
experience.
Eichhorn, 35, started his career at AIDA Cruises while studying
business administration. In the following years, he worked in a
variety of increasingly responsible positions ashore and onboard
before taking on the role of senior vice president of sales, yield
management and flight operations. He assumed responsibility for the
sales and revenue management of AIDA Cruises and Costa Germany in
2013.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in
the world, with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines,
Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises,
Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK) and
Fathom.
Together, these brands operate 99 ships totaling 216,000 lower
berths with nine new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2016
and 2018. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland
America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in
Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
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.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.pocruises.com and www.fathom.org.