Carnival announcement scheduled for Nov.17th

[cruizinisthebest]

Ohh the suspense is killing me. Lol

[jimbo5544]

Ohh the suspense is killing me. Lol

 

They really meant next Monday:confused:

[Tapi]

Well, this is the only Carnival related news within the last 24 hours that I could find

 

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N0T60RF20141116?irpc=932

 

 

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[kybluecruiser]

Well, this is the only Carnival related news within the last 24 hours that I could find

 

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N0T60RF20141116?irpc=932

 

 

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I was wondering if that might be the cause of the delay.

[Malinger]

The new platinum gift is Noro?

[jimbo5544]

I was wondering if that might be the cause of the delay.

 

There are so many places to take that.....

[Oceanwench]

Conference call is starting now.

No announcement prior ...

[kybluecruiser]

Conference call is starting now.

No announcement prior ...

 

Can you acess it on their webpage

[kybluecruiser]

Has to do with marketing.... Boo whoo lol oh well it was fun speculating.

[Modder]

That was exciting. Anyone else going to dance down 5th from the announcement?

[Lace]

Has to do with marketing.... Boo whoo lol oh well it was fun speculating.

 

Carnival never disappoints with announcements of announcements. When will we learn?

[kybluecruiser]

Carnival never disappoints with announcements of announcements. When will we learn?

 

Carnival has nothing to do with any disappointing us. We here at cc got our own hopes up what it might be. All carnival corporation did was say they wanted media time for today.

[jimbo5544]

Has to do with marketing.... Boo whoo lol oh well it was fun speculating.

 

Marketing as in????

[kybluecruiser]

Marketing as in????

 

What i can tell from twitter. They will be doing a mutiple channel ad campaign for all 9 brands in one comercial. Targeting new to cruise people to increase demand

[jimbo5544]

thanks

[kybluecruiser]

http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11878-carnival-corporation-to-launch-first-ever-multi-brand-national-marketing-campaign.html

[Domino D]

I wonder if a cross brand loyalty and rewards program is in the near future.

[Domino D]

For those who missed it

 

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/FL68766.htm

 

http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/

[kelkel2]

For those who missed it

 

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/FL68766.htm

 

http://www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com/

 

Thanks for the links!

 

All that speculation and guessing for nothing. That's why I don't get wrapped up in Carnival is going to make an announcement stuff. I just wait until the day of to tune in. It never seems to be anything. I remember the day when they said tune into their website for something exciting and it ended up being a sale...

[cjknox]

Don't everybody cry out for joy all at once. ;)

 

On a serious note this is a wonderful announcement even though it's not what was hoped for by many.

Edited November 17, 2014 by cjknox

[cruizinisthebest]

Cool announcement, but not what I was hoping for either CJKnox. Actually I don't know what I was hoping for. :p Some exciting ship shifting maybe, I dunno.

[Ontario_Cruiser]

Carnival has nothing to do with any disappointing us. We here at cc got our own hopes up what it might be. All carnival corporation did was say they wanted media time for today.

 

I could not agree more. This 'disappointment' has nothing to do with Carnival, and everything to do with Cruisecritic. All Carnival did was request media time using standard methods. This was picked up here and the speculation began! What could they possibly want to tell us? China? Ship movements? Vista?

 

Note that the general population (that are not on Cruise Critic regularly) would know nothing about this before the announcement. It is just some of us that got our expectations out of whack.

[Oceanwench]

I wonder if a cross brand loyalty and rewards program is in the near future.

 

CEO Arnold Donald said they are working on it.

[Modder]

I could not agree more. This 'disappointment' has nothing to do with Carnival, and everything to do with Cruisecritic. All Carnival did was request media time using standard methods. This was picked up here and the speculation began! What could they possibly want to tell us? China? Ship movements? Vista?

 

Note that the general population (that are not on Cruise Critic regularly) would know nothing about this before the announcement. It is just some of us that got our expectations out of whack.

 

Not me. My expectations were not "out of whack." I have grown perfectly accustomed to Carnival's announcements, including announcements that are announcements that simply announce a date they will announce their announcement. Nearly all of their announcements are disappointing and below expectations. In my opinion, Carnival is no longer an industry leader in innovation. Innovation is nonexistent throughout Carnival Corporation.

[Oceanwench]

I think what happened is that members of the media were invited to a telephone conference with Arnold Donald. He was going to be making remarks on the "announcement" that was supposed to come out that morning.

 

So at least one media outlet announced the plans for the conference and announcement - without having any facts other than these things were going to take place Monday.

 

Of course everyone starts speculating ...

But since it was the CEO of Carnival Corp., it appeared it was going to be an announcement of a more general nature, and that is precisely what it was.

 

It is big news, because the company is putting a lot of money into marketing its nine brands across all platforms.