It is an often quoted maxim in the cruise industry that the strength of its leading player, Carnival Corporation, stems from the stability of its top management. Few come and go in the company's high echelons. So the summer of 2013 must have come as quite a shock to the many Carnival watchers around the world - business analysts, shareholders and the media in its various forms - when the chief executives of two of its top European brands, P&O and Cunard, were summarily dismissed. Had we recognised it, this was a precursor of even more dramatic things to come. Just a month later Micky Arison, who had been Carnival's chairman and chief executive for 34 years, announced he was giving up the latter role to concentrate on the broader vision from the chairman's desk.
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