Dutch Elegance at its Best

The purchase of this former Transatlantic passenger company for $625 million by Carnival Cruises of Miami in November 1988 created an up market luxury cruising brand, which today operates fifteen of the most sumptuous cruise ships in the world. This great company has consistently gained awards for the best value in luxury cruising, and was founded in 1873 as Nederlandsch Amerikaanische Stoomboot Maats (N.A.S.M.). It adopted the much loved traditional yellow funnel with two green and one white central bands in 1898.