Speaking during a business update on Monday (27 March) following the company’s Q1 financial results covering the three months to 28 February, Josh Weinstein said the organisation has capitalised on pent-up demand for cruise through enhanced advertising efforts in North America, Europe and the UK. 

"This has been helped by our agent partners, who remain a critical part of our new-to-cruise business," he added.

"I’m delighted the trade is showing a real bounce-back, with several of our brands exceeding their 2019 agent booking levels as we continue to support our trade partners with increased training and investment."

Weinstein said he expects the positive momentum the company has seen so far in 2023 to continue for both Carnival Corporation and its agent partners. 

"We feel fantastic about the performance our agent partners have made to date, and we expect that momentum, like our own, to continue," he added.

"All of the work we’ve been doing on our marketing front is not just to benefit us, but also the trade."

He said Carnival Corporation will "remain nimble" and continue to "aggressively seek opportunities" to accelerate its path back to profitability. 

"In actuality, the strength of our demand generation has helped us to mitigate four years of significant cost inflation which we will work to offset further," Weinstein outlined.

To help support this growth, Weinstein said the company will look to redesign its brands’ websites to increase traffic, refine apps to increase communication and engagement and bolster sales and service support to reduce call wait times.