Rein to leave Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival
Cruise Line announced that its vice president of worldwide sales, Joni Rein,
will depart after seven years at Carnival. Rein will
step down Aug. 15 but consult for Carnival for the balance of the year.

Rein joined
Carnival in 2008 as vice president of field sales from the North American
office of Costa Cruises, where she had been vice president of sales development.
She was promoted to her current title in 2009.

As head of
sales, it fell to Rein to rally travel agents, including some who were
disenchanted with Carnival, following the Carnival Triumph engine room fire in
2012. Rein spearheaded the Carnival Conversations program, a series of
steps to repair agent relations at Carnival and implement more agent-friendly
policies.

“My decision to depart
the company was a difficult one,” Rein said in a statement, “but I feel
it’s the right time with brand and trade sentiment at their current levels and
an incredible executive leadership team in place, all of whom I respect
tremendously.”

Carnival said no replacement for Rein has
yet been named.