Carnival Cruise Lines and Carnival Corporation & plc have given $54,000 to 12 South Florida nonprofit organizations through the Carnival Foundation. The monetary donations were used to purchase holiday gifts for underprivileged children in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Before joining The BodyHoliday, Husbandsas worked for Golden Tulip Hotels & Resorts for over four years, in positions ranging from General Manager to Financial Controller to VP Finance and Operations for West Africa.

Carnival Corporation & plc is donating $2 million to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy that struck the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, and devastated New Jersey and New York. The funds are earmarked for four charities.

Alison Turner, formerly the director for international public relations at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., has been named the Cruise Lines International Association's (CLIA) new director of marketing communications.