Royal Caribbean Profit Skids 44 Percent In Third Quarter, Revenue Off 17 Percent (AP) CHICAGO (AP) - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said Tuesday that the recession kept passengers from booking vacations on its cruise ships during...
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) announced earnings for the third quarter of 2009 and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year.Key Highlights• Third quarter 2009 net income was $230.4 million, or $1.07 per...
Tough times, as they say, call for tough measures, and in the cruise business that means cost cutting. Over the past year, as the economy has swooned, many of the big lines have racheted down spending on everything from...
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Last-minute bookings helped lift Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to a better-than-expected profit for the third quarter, but Florida's bleak economy is hurting its fourth quarter, which traditionally relies heavily on state...
November 03, 2009 | about: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Executives Brian J. Rice - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Richard D. Fain - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer Adam...
Last spring's outbreak of swine flu caused cruise lines to cancel visits to areas of Mexico and even quarantine infected passengers. On Tuesday, executives at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said the cruise operator was still...
MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. were on the down slope Tuesday, falling 5% after the cruise-line operator reported a sharp drop in third-quarter profit and said that it also expects a...
Carnival Corp. (CCL) reported third-quarter earnings Tuesday that beat company expectations, helped by last-minute bookings. The company's earnings fell 44% in the third quarter, as pricing remained...
Royal Caribbean profit slumps, expects fourth-quarter loss , MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. were on the down slope Tuesday, falling 5% after the cruise-line operator reported a sharp...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Travelers are still vacationing, but they're spending less when they do, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said in reporting that its third-quarter profit and revenue tumbled because it dee...