Naming Ceremony Set for Port of
Galveston on Feb. 24
MIAMI, Feb. 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line announced today that
global music superstar Gwen Stefani
will be honored as the godmother of Carnival's new flagship,
Carnival Jubilee, at a naming ceremony and celebration in
Galveston, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 24.
A three-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Gwen
Stefani has achieved global success as a songwriter,
performer, charismatic frontwoman of No Doubt, and as a
multi-platinum solo artist. Throughout it all, Stefani has
remained a trend-setting music and fashion icon with an impressive
array of honors – four MTV Video Music Awards, two Billboard
Awards, an American Music Award, and a Brit Award. To date,
she's sold more than 60 million units worldwide. Stefani also
returned for her seventh season as a coach on the Emmy®-winning NBC
series The Voice this past fall.
Stefani is also recognized for her philanthropic work, including
her support of children's causes.
"We are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Gwen Stefani onto Carnival Jubilee so we can
honor her as the ship's godmother," said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise
Line. "She has demonstrated her commitment to our Carnival
values, including promoting diversity and inclusion, supporting
charitable causes, being a leader in her field, and of course,
having fun. We are going to show her an enthusiastic welcome
in only the way Carnival can when she joins us on February 24."
"I am honored to be the godmother of the new Carnival Jubilee,"
said Stefani. "Carnival is taking it to the next level of fun while
being committed to children's causes and supporting our military
families and veterans."
Carnival Jubilee entered service on Dec.
23, 2023 and is homeported year-round from the Port of
Galveston. The ship is the third of Carnival's Excel class,
is powered on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology platform and
can hold 6500 guests and 1750 crew.
The naming ceremony is an invitation-only event that will be
held on board the ship. A portion of the event will be
broadcast live on Carnival's Facebook page starting at 3:30 CST on Feb. 24.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part
of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
the first cruise line to sail over 100 million guests and is proud
to be known as America's Cruise Line, for carrying more Americans
and serving more U.S. homeports than any other. Since its founding
in 1972, Carnival has continually revolutionized the cruise
industry and popularized the cruise vacation as an affordable and
fun travel option. Carnival operates from 14 U.S. and two
Australian homeports and employs more than 40,000 team members
representing 120 nationalities. Carnival currently sails 27 ships
and continues an exciting period of growth with another ship
joining the fleet this spring and an all-new exclusive destination,
Celebration Key, set to debut on Grand
Bahama in summer 2025.
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