Who owns P&O Cruises?
P&O Cruises is owned by Carnival (the United States, NYSE: CCL).[1]
Evidence: Carnival Corporation & plc Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 January 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Carnival Corporation & plc verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Miami
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Travel & transport › Cruise lines
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CCL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About P&O Cruises
P&O Cruises is a Europe segment brand of Carnival Corporation & plc with seven ships at 30 November 2025. The FY2025 10-K calls it Britain's largest cruise line, with a heritage over 185 years. It is separate from the P&O Cruises (Australia) brand, which the filing says was sunset in 2025.
What Carnival's annual report says about P&O Cruises
Sentences about P&O Cruises from Carnival's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
During 2025, we sunset the P&O Cruises (Australia) brand and folded its Australia operations into Carnival Cruise Line.
P&O Cruises is Britain's largest cruise line and its heritage can be traced back over 185 years.
P&O Cruises welcomes guests to extraordinary travel experiences designed in a distinctively British way - through a blend of discovery, relaxation and exceptional service catered towards British tastes.
How often Carnival names P&O Cruises in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of P&O Cruises
Where P&O Cruises sits in Carnival
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Carnival
Carnival controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in cruise lines, and who owns them
Carnival has more brands in cruise lines on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 26.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Cruise Line | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Crystal | A&K Travel Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Cruise Lines | American Cruise Lines | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aurora Expeditions | Aurora Expeditions | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Celestyal Cruises | Celestyal | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Disney Cruise Line | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Heritage Expeditions | Heritage Expeditions | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| City Cruises | Hornblower Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Carnival
Carnival is a publicly listed company headquartered in Miami, United States. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CCL.
Carnival Corporation & plc is a dual listed company: Carnival Corporation was incorporated in Panama in 1974 and Carnival plc in England and Wales in 2000. Its FY2025 10-K calls it the largest global cruise company and lists eight cruise lines: AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises and Seabourn. The filing says it sunset the P&O Cruises (Australia) brand in 2025 and that its boards have recommended unifying the group under a single Carnival Corporation listed in New York.
🇬🇧 P&O Cruises and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, P&O Cruises among them.
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- Alphabet — BMW Group 🇩🇪
- Arriva UK Bus — Arriva 🇬🇧
- Avanti West Coast — FirstGroup 🇬🇧
- BA CityFlyer — IAG 🇬🇧
- Birmingham Airport — Birmingham Airport Holdings 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of P&O Cruises?
The parent company of P&O Cruises is Carnival, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is P&O Cruises British or American?
P&O Cruises originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Carnival, which is headquartered in the United States. So P&O Cruises is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is P&O Cruises still owned by Carnival?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, P&O Cruises is still owned by Carnival. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Carnival Corporation & plc Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 January 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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