Carnival Promotes Thornton to SVP-Marketing Planning

Carnival Cruise Lines promoted Terry Thornton to senior vice president of marketing planning. In this capacity, Thornton oversees the revenue management and strategic marketing departments for the brand.

In addition, he is responsible for overseeing ship deployment and itinerary planning for the cruise line’s existing 22-ship fleet, in addition to vessels under construction, which currently includes three scheduled for delivery over the next three years.

Mr. Thornton joined Carnival in 1989 as a special projects manager in the marketing area and eventually rose to the position of vice president-marketing planning in 1992. Thornton has worked in the cruise industry for more than 30 years, including prior marketing and finance positions with Norwegian Cruise Line, Sea Goddess and Windstar Cruises.