Byers Appointed Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources for Carnival Corporation & plc
MIAMI (April 29, 2008) - Wayne Byers, a longtime veteran of the cruise industry,
has been named senior vice president of global human resources for Miami-based
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK).
In this newly created position, Byers will be responsible for developing and
implementing a corporate human resource management strategy across Carnival
Corporation & plc's worldwide organization, which includes offices in North
America, Europe and Australia. He will report to Carnival Corporation &
plc's Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Howard Frank.
"Wayne is the ideal candidate for this position, possessing a wealth of
experience in all aspects of human resources and will serve as an excellent
resource as we develop our new corporate human resources management strategy,"
said Frank.
Prior to joining Carnival, Byers worked at the company's Holland America Line
unit, serving as vice president - human resources on two separate occasions,
from 1983 to 1991 and from 2004 to present He also held the position of vice
president - quality within Holland America for three years, as well as president
of Greenwich Group, Inc., a travel agency management group, for seven years.
Byers holds an MBA from Babson College in Babson Park, Mass., and a bachelor's
of science from Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world,
with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised
of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, The Yachts
of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ibero Cruises, Ocean
Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 86 ships totaling more than 162,000 lower berths
with 20 new ships scheduled to enter service between July 2008 and June 2012.
Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Tours and Princess
Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on
both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc
is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the
FTSE 100 indices.
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