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Carnival adding more ships in China
Carnival is adding two more ships to its China fleet for 2016, making it the biggest international cruise operator in the fastest growing major cruise market.
The addition of the Golden Princess and Costa Fortuna will increase capacity by 58% in China and Carnival Corporation will have three year-round ships and three seasonal ships based there next year.
Golden Princess will be deployed seasonally out of the port of Tianjin.
"Our Costa and Princess brands are performing extremely well in China, and these new ship deployments will strengthen our growth position and enable us to carry nearly one million passengers in 2016," said lan Buckelew, chief operations officer for Carnival Corporation.
As momentum accelerates in the market, we have a significant opportunity to increase cruising demand amongst China’s growing middle class."
Carnival previously announced its latest newbuild for the Princess brand will be based in China year-round from 2017.
It will be the first ship built by an international operator custom designed for the Chinese market.
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