The American group cruise Royal Caribbean Cruises has closed the second quarter of this year with a net profit of 93.5 million dollars on revenues of 1,768 million dollars, with increases of 74.0% and 10.4% on corresponding period of 2010. Operating income totaled $ 168 million (+17.1%).
In the first half of 2010 the company achieved a net profit of $ 172 million on revenues of 3.44 billion dollars, up 28.7% and 11, 4% in the first half of last year. Operating income was $ 318 million (+35.0%).
Royal Caribbean Cruises is pleased with the results achieved in the first part of this year, although it has been a marked deterioration in the market of the eastern Mediterranean caused by geopolitical events in the area."Since our last report - said the president and CEO of the U.S. group, Richard Fain - the state of tension in the eastern Mediterranean has caused a further deterioration in prices for this region. Fortunately, our other markets are experiencing very positive results and we were able to continue to reduce costs. As a result, profits are still growing appreciably from last year, but these difficulties have had an impact on our performance expectations for this year even better. Our long-term forecasts continue to be quite positive, with the strengthening of the balance sheet and substantial liquidity, we are pleased to restore our dividends. We intend to continue to pay quarterly dividends at this level or higher as our performance improves and we are working to our goal of returning to 'investment grade'.
In the first half of this year's ships of Royal Caribbean Cruises have hosted 2,400,488 passengers, an increase of 7.6% over the first six months of 2010. In the second quarter of 2011 were 1,185,679 passengers, an increase of 6.5% over the same period last year.
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The American group cruise Royal Caribbean Cruises has closed the second quarter of this year with a net profit of 93.5 million dollars on revenues of 1,768 million dollars, with increases of 74.0% and 10.4% on corresponding period of 2010. Operating income totaled $ 168 million (+17.1%). 
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