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Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with 92 ships in service at the end of fiscal 2023. Its portfolio of brands includes Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess, and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard in the United Kingdom; Aida in Germany; and Costa Cruises in Southern Europe. It's currently folding its P&O Australia brand into Carnival. The firm also operates Holland America and Princess Alaska tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Carnival's brands attracted nearly 13 million guests in 2019 before covid-19, a level it reached again in 2023.
Expedia is the world's second-largest online travel agency by bookings, offering services for lodging (80% of total 2023 sales), air tickets (3%), rental cars, cruises, in-destination, and other (11%), and advertising revenue (6%). Expedia operates a number of branded travel booking sites, but its three core online travel agency brands are Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. It also has a metasearch brand, Trivago. Transaction fees for online bookings account for the bulk of sales and profits.