Dickinson retiring at Carnival
The announced retirement of legendary Bob Dickinson, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, means another veteran will take the helm at the highly successful cruise line.
Gerry Cahill, executive vice president and CFO of Carnival Corporation & plc, will take over as president and CEO.
David Bernstein, Carnival Corporation & plc’s vice president and treasurer, will become the company’s CFO.
Mr Dickinson recently announced his retirement at the end of the year. He said:
“I have been blessed to have had a long, fun-filled career helping to build Carnival and the cruise industry. I’m still having fun so giving all of that up has been a very difficult decision, but I’ll be 65 next month and have been pondering this with my family for some time.”
“Bob has truly achieved legendary status in the travel industry. There is simply no other travel industry executive who is as well known and respected as he,” said Micky Arison, chairman and CEO of Carnival.
Mr Arison called him “one of the most influential people in the development of the modern-day cruise industry.”
He said he would be missed “not only by everyone here at Carnival, but by travel agents, his competitors and the media who loved his often humorous sound bites.”
Mr Dickinson joined Carnival Cruise Lines as executive vice-president in 1972.
Report by David Wilkening
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