NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 7 -- Carnival, a leisure travel company, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:

Trumpets blared aboard Carnival Liberty today as Carnival Cruise Line celebrated its 30th year sailing from New Orleans. Community leaders and the cruise line's Chief Culinary Officer Emeril Lagasse, world-famous for his New Orleans cuisine, were on board to mark the important milestone just after the ship arrived in its new home of Port NOLA for the first time.