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Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises is an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. The company headquarters are in Santa Clarita, California and is incorporated in Bermuda. As of 2025, it is the List of cruise lines#List of cruise lines by size, sixth largest cruise line by net revenue. It was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises. The line has 15 ships cruising global itineraries that are marketed to both American and international passengers. In the 1980s, Princess rose in prominence after American television series ''The Love Boat'' was set primarily on the ''MS Pacific, Pacific Princess'' in its weekly episodes, and the brand has since continued to invoke its connection to the series. History 1965–1973: Early years Princess Cruises began in 1965, when founder Stanley McDonald chartered Canadian Pacific Limited's Alaska cruise ship ''Princess Patricia'' for Mexican Riviera cruises from Los Angeles during a time when she would have usually been laid up for the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian into the eastern hemisphere) state in the United States. It borders the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border, in the Bering Strait, with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south. Technically, it is a semi-exclave of the U.S., and is the largest exclave in the world. Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the following three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Veronica
MV ''Kungsholm'' was built in 1964/5 by the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland as a combined ocean liner / cruise ship for the Swedish American Line. She was later rebuilt as a full-time cruise ship, sailing under the names ''Sea Princess'', ''Victoria'', ''Oceanic II'' and ''Mona Lisa''. In September 2010 she was retired from service, as she did not fulfill requirements to SOLAS 2010, becoming the floating hotel Veronica, before being scrapped in 2016. Design and construction The ''Kungsholm'' was designed by the longtime Swedish American Line technical director Eric Christiansson, who had designed all Swedish American Line new-builds since 1938, and introduced the trademark double stack, streamline profile to the majority of the new ships. John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland was selected to construct the new ''Kungsholm'', and she was launched in 1965. She was fitted with two Swedish-built Götaverken nine-cylinder engines have a combined output of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Discovery
MV ''Discovery'' (formerly ''Island Venture'', ''Island Princess'', ''Hyundai Pungak'' and ''Platinum'') was a cruise ship, which was formerly operated by Voyages of Discovery and was last in service for Cruise & Maritime Voyages. She was scrapped at Alang, India as ''Amen'' in 2014. History The ship began operation in 1972 with Flagship Cruises, under the name ''Island Venture''. In 1974, she was sold to Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, P&O's Princess Cruises along with sister ship . The pair were renamed ''Island Princess'' and ''Pacific Princess'', the latter, laid up since 2008 at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa, Italy, was scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey. Both appeared in the 1970s television sitcom ''The Love Boat''. ''Island Princess'' operated as part of the Princess fleet until 1999, when she was sold on to Hyundai Group, Hyundai Merchant Marine of South Korea. Renamed ''Hyundai Pungak'' her role was to transport South Korean pilgrims to religiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
