Speakers

Jennifer Foley de la Cruz is vice president of corporate communications for Carnival Cruise Line, which is the world’s largest cruise brand based on passengers carried and the flagship brand of Carnival Corporation & plc which is the largest leisure travel company in the world. In her role, de la Cruz leads all facets of corporate communications and brand reputation with a focus on crisis communications, issues management, community and government relations, and philanthropy. She also has oversight for employee communications and C-suite communications and serves as the company’s primary media spokesperson as well as the company’s senior counsel to the consumer brand PR function. De la Cruz serves on the Public Affairs and Marketing Committees of the Cruise Lines International Association and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.
She previously served as Carnival’s vice president of public relations and has also held roles with the cruise line’s publicly traded parent company along with Carnival Airlines, the Crystal Palace Resort & Casino and the PR firm Al Wolfe Associates.