Cruise Ship Owners

About Cruise Ship ownership, management and casinos

An extremely popular way to vacation is to take an ocean cruise and owning a cruise line is a very profitable business. Cruises are typically a "one price pays all" transaction which includes food, on board recreation and room. The profit is made from items that must be purchased separately like liquor, gifts and the casino. All Cruise Ships have on board casinos that open when the ship enters international waters.

Vacation cruises are a multi billion dollar business and the two largest companies are Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Some of the smaller companies focus on a selected geographic area, but the larger companies move their ships according to the winter and summer seasons. For example, many ships tour the Caribbean during the popular winter season and then move to cruise Europe, Alaska or the Mediterranean during the summer.

There is also a web page that shows the owners of all land based casinos, worldwide.

Cruise Ship Corporations

Ships	Corporate Name	Owned by	Major Brands
2	Azamara Cruises	Royal Caribbean	Azamara
21	Carnival Cruises	Public Co. - CCL	Carnival
11	Celebrity Cruises	Royal Caribbean	Celebrity
13	Costa Cruises	Carnival	Costa
15	Holland American	Carnival	MS "then name of ship"
	MSC Cruises		No casino information available
10	Norwegian Cruises	Private	Norwegian
4	Oceania Cruises	Private	Oceania and "name of ship"
16	Princess Cruises	Carnival	Princess
42	Royal Caribbean	International	Names endingin"of the Seas"