MIAMI, April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing
Carnival Cruise Line's commitment to providing guests with the
widest variety of choices at sea, the line has dramatically
expanded its retail offerings with its newest ship, Carnival
Horizon, featuring the fleet's most expansive retail space
showcasing top brands like LeVian, Victoria's Secret and, for the
first time, Michael Kors, Kate
Spade, Breitling and Hublot.
Designed to take Carnival's retail offerings to the next level,
Carnival Horizon is distinguished by its modern two-level,
mall-style shops located along the ship's atrium on decks 4 and 5
with branded outlets providing guests with a fun and engaging
shopping experience.
"We've significantly upgraded our retail choices and spaces in
recent years and with Carnival Horizon we're raising the bar with
our biggest and best shopping experience yet," said William Butler, vice president of retail
services at Carnival Cruise Line.
In addition to offering the largest and most varied offerings in
the fleet, Carnival Horizon's retail space is unique in that it is
divided into areas dedicated to a particular shopping experience,
each designed around guests' interaction with the various
interests. These areas include:
- Hip Fish: fashion jewelry, accessories, beauty and
fragrances
- Front Street: fine jewelry and timepieces
- Cherry on Top: the "sweetest spot on board" with an
assortment of candies, novelty items and fanciful gifts
- Carnival Store: the latest logo items and Carnival
Horizon inaugural season memorabilia, as well as Carnival
Adventures merchandise offering everything guests need for fun
onboard and ashore, such as sunscreen and apparel
- Portside Liquor & Tobacco: popular duty-free items,
including the most extensive spirits display at sea
Carnival Horizon brings these areas to life by offering a truly
immersive shopping experience including a Beauty and Fragrance Bar
that allows guests to try out cosmetics, skincare and fragrances
and even enjoy a makeover before a night out on board. Port
Side Liquor & Tobacco features a Spirits Tasting Bar where
guests can sample and purchase some of the world's finest liquors,
including coveted Hennessey White
currently not available outside of travel retail. Guests can also
take home their own personal keepsake at the Create Your Own
jewelry experience within the Hip Fish outlet where they can
custom-design jewelry made of Swarovski crystals. There's also the
Wearable Tech outlet featuring the latest wearable technology with
onboard experts on hand to match guests' style with a variety of
watch brands tied to fitness tracking.
Shopping aboard Carnival Horizon is a true "retail-tainment"
experience including special events and engaging spaces with expert
staff enhancing guests' experience by providing giveaways, in-store
parties and entertainment, other promotions. Promotions change
daily with flexible pop-up spaces that showcase new fashion and
jewelry trends, making Carnival Horizon unlike any other shopping
experience, land or sea.
"Our guests are all about participatory fun and Carnival Horizon
certainly takes that philosophy to the next level offering not only
opportunities to sample the finest products but also keep up with
fashion and beauty trends with interactive outlets staffed by
experts to help them make the choice that's right for them. There's
nothing else like it!" Butler said.
Carnival Horizon's expanded retail offerings are part of the
line's continued emphasis on enhancing guests' overall shopping
experience. Over the past year, Carnival Cruise Line has completely
revamped the shopping outlets on nearly half its fleet with
additional ships set for makeovers during upcoming
refurbishments.
Carnival Horizon is currently sailing on its inaugural voyage
which departed April 2 from
Barcelona – the first of four
voyages from that port. The ship repositions to New York in May to launch a summer schedule of
four-day Bermuda and eight-day
Caribbean departures then shifts
to Miami for year-round six- and
eight-day Caribbean cruises
beginning in September.
For additional information and reservations, contact any travel
agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com. Carnival also can
be found on: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
and YouTube. Journalists also can visit Carnival's media
site, carnival-news.com or follow the line's PR department on
Twitter at twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line, part
of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
"The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 26 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Cuba,
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The line
currently has three new ships on order – Carnival Panorama set to
debut in 2019 and two new 180,000-ton ships in 2020 and 2022.
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