Carnival Cruise Line’s recent “Your Peek at Paradise” events for travel advisors focused on its upcoming destination Celebration Key. The series generated an overwhelming response nationwide this summer, with a final event on Saturday in Chicago convening hundreds of travel advisors in person and thousands more virtually. Carnival called it the most popular travel advisor summer series to date.
Throughout the series, which also made stops in Miami, Baltimore and Atlanta, 10 travel advisors won a VIP early-access trip to Celebration Key, before it opens to the public. All advisors in attendance also gained insights into the vision and inspiration behind Celebration Key from Carnival executives, including Adolfo M. Perez, senior vice president of global sales and trade marketing; Amy Martin Ziegenfuss, chief marketing officer; and Glenn Aprile, senior director of brand experience and product development.
Celebration Key is the first port destination designed for Carnival Cruise Line guests on the island of Grand Bahama, and will welcome its first guests in July 2025. The destination is home to two freshwater lagoons, a white-sand beach, a 10-story-high Suncastle featuring two waterslides and an array of Bahamian-operated retail, food and beverage options.
Celebration Key will consist of five portals for all types of travelers: Paradise Plaza, the source of destination information welcoming guests upon their arrival; Calypso Lagoon for adults; Lokono Cove, a variety of stores and kiosks joining a Bahamian artisan market; the family-friendly Starfish Lagoon; and Pearl Cove Beach Club, a retreat for guests 18 years and above.
Presented in collaboration with The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, the series gave attendees a taste of Celebration Key’s offerings. Each event immersed participants in Bahamian culture, complete with performances from a Junkanoo band, food and more.
At each stop, Carnival also gifted commemorative T-shirts for donations to support the cruise line’s charitable partner St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Earlier this year, Carnival met its previous $33 million fundraising goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and set a new pledge goal of $50 million by 2030.
More than 500 sailings aboard 19 ships departing from 10 different homeports will visit Celebration Key. For more information, visit www.carnival.com.
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