CARNIVAL CORP
For the period ended Nov 30, 2025. Filed Jan 27, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Jan 27, 2026
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B. Global Cruise Industry
I. Overview
Cruising offers a broad range of products and services to suit vacationing guests of many ages, backgrounds and interests. Each brand in our portfolio meets the needs of a distinct set of consumer psychographics and vacation needs which allows us to penetrate large addressable customer segments. The mobility of cruise ships enables us to move our vessels between regions in order to meet changing demand across different geographic areas.
Cruise brands can be broadly classified as offering contemporary, premium and luxury cruise experiences. The contemporary experience appeals to a broad segment of the cruise vacation industry, including families with children of all ages, features a variety of activities and entertainment venues and generally includes cruises that last seven days or less. The premium experience emphasizes quality, comfort, style and more varied itineraries. The premium experience generally includes cruises that last from seven to 14 days. The luxury experience is generally characterized by very high standards of accommodation and service, smaller vessel size and exotic itineraries to ports that are inaccessible by larger ships. We have product and service offerings in each of these three broad classifications.
II. Passenger Capacity by Ocean Going Vessels
| Passenger Capacity as of December 31 (a) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calendar Year | Global Cruise Industry (b) | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| 2023 | 701,110 | 263,300 |
| 2024 | 733,010 | 269,970 |
| 2025 | 764,310 | 272,460 |
(a)In accordance with cruise industry practice, passenger capacity is calculated based on the assumption of two passengers per cabin even though some cabins can accommodate three or more passengers.
(b)Global cruise industry data was obtained from Cruise Industry News.
III. Competition
The global cruise industry is a relatively small part of the global vacation market. We compete with land-based vacation alternatives throughout the world, such as hotels, resorts (including all-inclusive resorts), theme parks, organized tours, casinos, vacation ownership properties, and other internet-based alternative lodging sites. Based on 2025 Cruise Industry News statistics, as of December 31, 2025, we, along with our principal cruise competitors Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. and MSC Cruises, represented approximately 80% of the cruise industry capacity.
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