Who owns Princess Cruises?
Princess 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 States
- Category
- Travel & transport › Cruise lines
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CCL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises is a North America segment brand of Carnival Corporation & plc with 17 ships and about 20% of group passenger capacity at 30 November 2025, according to the FY2025 10-K, which says it has been operating for 60 years.
What Carnival's annual report says about Princess Cruises
Sentences about Princess Cruises from Carnival's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For 60 years, Princess Cruises has unlocked the world and inspired discovery through enriching vacations that connect people, places and cultures.
On June 20, 2022, Princess Cruises notified the Australian Maritime Safety Authorization ("AMSA") and the flag state, Bermuda, regarding approximately six cubic meters of comminuted food waste (liquid biodigester effluent) inadvertently released by Coral Princess inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
On May 31, 2023, we received a summons from the Australia Federal Prosecution Service indicating that formal charges would be pursued against Princess Cruises and the Captain of the vessel.
How often Carnival names Princess 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Princess Cruises
Where Princess 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.
🇺🇸 Princess Cruises and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Princess Cruises is not one of them.
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- Alaska Airlines — Alaska Air Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Princess Cruises?
The parent company of Princess Cruises is Carnival, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Princess Cruises American?
Yes. Princess Cruises originated in the United States and its owner, Carnival, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Princess Cruises still owned by Carnival?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Princess 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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