World’s Leading Cruise Lines (WLCL) is a marketing alliance to progressively build trade and consumer awareness, trust and preference among Carnival Corporation & plc brands that serve the North American market:  Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and the Yachts of Seabourn.  World’s Leading Cruise Lines capitalizes the diversity of our brands’ ships, destinations, durations, styles and value for excellent vacation choices

WLCL is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world.  Our portfolio of leading cruise brands also includes P&O Cruises and Ocean Village in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Ibero Cruises in Spain; and P&O Cruises in Australia. 

These brands, which collectively comprise the most-recognized cruise brands in North and South America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Europe and Australia, offer a wide range of holiday and vacation products to a loyal customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. 

We also own two leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon that complement our cruise operations, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours.  Combined, our vacation companies attract almost eight million guests annually.

Carnival Corporation’s product offerings provide our guests with exceptional vacation experiences at an outstanding value, and our success in this regard has made us the most profitable company in the leisure industry.  Our company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange under the symbol CCL.  Carnival is the only company in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 Index in the United States and the FTSE 100 Index in the United Kingdom.