Carnival Miracle and Splendor Earmarked For China – Australians Outstrip Canadians In Their Own Port! – Variety Cruises Acquisition

The Cruise Examiner for 2nd November 2015.

Ridiculous but apparently true – more Australian cruise passengers used the Port of Montreal this year than Canadians

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The recent news that Carnival Corp & plc was forming a new Chinese-based cruise line was followed last week by an announcement from Carnival Cruise Line that it would be moving its own 2,124-berth Carnival Miracle to China in 2017, to be followed in 2018 by the 2,974-berth Carnival Splendor. Elsewhere, statistics published by the Montreal Cruise Committee last week underlined a weakness in the Canadian cruise market. The much smaller country of Australia, with a population two-thirds of Canada’s, and located 10,000 miles away, generated more passengers over the Port of Montreal this year than Canada did. Meanwhile, in a surprise move, Variety Cruises announced that it was taking over the 34-berth motor yacht Callisto.

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