Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) reports that Bert Hernandez has been named president of its ultra luxury Silversea Cruises brand. He succeeds Barbara Muckermann, who is leaving Royal Caribbean Group after 14 years with Silversea to pursue other opportunities.
“I have had the pleasure of working with Barbara since 2018 when Silversea joined Royal Caribbean Group, first in her role as chief marketing and commercial officer and later as...
The new holder of the “world’s largest cruise ship” title, Royal Caribbean International’s 7,600 guest Icon of the Seas, arrived in Miami for the first time yesterday. Taller than the Eiffel Tower, with a total of 20 decks, the 1,198-foot long vessel arrived at its new home port in style, with celebratory fireboat salutes, banner planes in flight and a community celebration at the Pérez Art Museum.
With its first cruise less than 16 days away, Icon of the Seas will continue making its final...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/video-icon-of-the-seas-arrives-in-miami/
Cruising has come a long way since the dark days of the COVID shut-down when much loved veteran cruise ships were being beached for scrapping. Evidence of the industry bounce back came today. Shares in the world’s largest cruise ship operator, Miami-headquartered Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) were trading up today as the company reported fourth quarter and full year 2023 results that saw full year revenues hit an all-time high of $21.6 billion that included record fourth...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/carnival-reports-all-time-high-full-year-revenues/
Shares in Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) were trading up today, as the company reported third quarter results that topped analysts’ expectations. The cruise giant reported net income for the third quarter of $1.0 billion or $3.65 per share compared to net Income of $33.0 million or $0.13 per share for the same period in the prior year. The company also reported adjusted net Income of $1.1 billion or $3.85 per share for the third quarter compared to adjusted net income of $65.8 million or...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/royal-caribbean-cruises-to-a-1-billion-quarter/
For the first time since the resumption of guest cruise operations following the COVID-19 shutdown, Carnival Corporation’s U.S. GAAP net income turned positive in third quarter 2023, generating $1.07 billion. Adjusted net income of $1.18 billion exceeded the cruise giant’s June guidance range of $0.95 billion to $1.05 billion.
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Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, reports that, effective August 1, current president and CEO Arnold Donald, is being appointed vice chair and member of the boards of directors. Josh Weinstein (age 48), currently chief operations pfficer for the company, will assume the president and CEO role.
“Josh is a proven executive who is well-respected throughout the company, serving in key leadership roles, driving strong business results during his...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/carnival-corporation-announces-leadership-change/
Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard its ships.
“Omicron has significantly altered the COVID-19 landscape for everyone, and the Royal Caribbean Group is no exception,” says the company. “As widely reported, the Omicron variant is significantly more infectious than its predecessors and has already become the dominant form of COVID-19 in the...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, today announces is providing $10 million in cash support to six Alaska port communities severely impacted by the ongoing U.S. suspension of cruise voyages.
Approximately 60% of all tourism in Alaska is generated through cruising, which has been halted for more than a year, continuing to significantly impact families and small businesses reliant on cruise tourism....
Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd, (NYSE:NCLH) has been quick to respond to the CDC’s updated guidance on cruising. Today it wrote the CDC outlining its plan to resume cruising from U.S. ports, starting July 4.
The company says that its plan “is consistent with the CDC’s updated guidance that international travel is safe for fully vaccinated individuals and that COVID-19 vaccination efforts will be critical in the safe resumption of cruise ship travel.”
Norwegian says it “trusts and is...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the next phase of technical guidance under its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Though it marks another step forward by the CDC, it gives no date for a restart of cruising from the U.S, and it remains unclear whether it is a sufficient advance to enable cruise lines to get the July restart date they have been looking for.
This phase, the second of the CSO issued in October 2020, provides technical instructions on:
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