MIAMI -- NBCs Today
show co-host Katie Couric will be the godmother to Carnival Cruise
Lines newest ship, the Carnival Valor.
Couric will name the
Valor during a Dec. 17 ceremony in Miami. The Valor, a 110,000-ton
vessel, is the third Conquest-class ship for Carnival. The ship
will launch seven-day cruises from Miami Dec. 19.
Carnival said that
in recognition of Courics role as the Carnival Valors godmother, it
will make a donation in her name to the National Colorectal Cancer
Research Alliance, which Couric co-founded in 2000.
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