MIAMI -- Carnival Corp. & plc is selling its A'ROSA
German-marketed cruise brand and consolidating its German
operations.
The A'ROSA brand and three 200-passenger A'ROSA river ships will
be sold to Arkona.
Carnival said the sale -- with the price set at the net-book
value of assets on Nov. 30 plus about $864,500 -- should have no
financial impact on the company.
A'ROSA's ocean-going vessel, the A'ROSA Blu, will transfer into
Carnival's AIDA fleet, which is aimed at a younger, contemporary
German market.
In addition to the AIDA fleet, Carnival also operates the Costa
Marina, a Costa Cruises ship, exclusively in the German market.
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