It continues the reorganization of the managing summits of the crocieristico group Carnival



It continues the reorganization of the managing summits of Carnival Corporation & plc that it has already involved among other things last July the cession by Micky Arison, chairman and managing director let alone greater shareholder of the American crocieristico group, of the single charge of CEO to Arnold W. Donald ( on 25 June 2013) and for that the alternation in the managing director charge concerns to the branch Italian Costa Crociere, with Michael Thamm who to July 2012 is succeeded to Pier Luigi Foschi who has become chairman and CEO of the new division Carnival Asia ( on 23 April and 12 september 2012).

Now a series of new nominations in the leaderships of the group has reached and of its it marks crocieristici. Jan Swartz is promoted to president of the company Princess Cruises with effect from the next 1° December. Swartz, that it will bring back Stein Kruse, new managing director of the Holland America group, will take care all over the world of the activities of Princess Cruises, company who has 22 dependent and a fleet of 17 ships that transport annually beyond 1,4 million passengers. Up to now Swartz covers the role of executive vice-president sales, service marketing and customer of the company.

An other nomination is that note of Stein Kruse to managing director of the new Holland America group, that the Carnival group is under responsibility of, also it with effect from the next 1° December. Currently Kruse is president and CEO of Holland America Line and as CEO of the new Holland America group, as well as of the brands Holland America Line and Seabourn, will have also the responsibility of the activities as tour operator of Princess Cruises and Holland America Princess Alaska. Kruse will bring back to the president and CEO of the Carnival group leader, Arnold Donald. The new Holland America group has beyond 36.000 dependent and a fleet of 41 ships.

A third new nomination is that of Alan Buckelew, current president and CEO of Princess Cruises, to chief operations officer of the group leader Carnival Corporation & plc, loaded new that will become effective always on December 1°, 2013. Buckelew, that it will bring back to the president and CEO Arnold Donald, will all over the world supervise to the marine and harbour activities of the group and the procedures of collaboration inside of the group, included the branch of information technology, let alone of the strategies of the group, the modernization of the fleet and the new constructions, the research & development and other asset. Buckelew will supervise also to Carnival Asia having coordinated the activities of the brands that work in Asia.

At last the next 1° lascerà Howard Frank December the assignment of vice chairman and chief operating officer of the Carnival group and will assume the assignment of special advisor of the CEO and the chairman and will continue to preside international the crocieristica association Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).