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Costa Crociere, over the past few weeks the trend of the reservations is returned to grow
the company has closed the exercise 1° Decembers 2010 - 30 November 2011 with a turnover of 3,16 billion euros (+9.6%)
March 26, 2012
Costa Crociere Spa, societies of which take part the marks Costa Crociere, AIDA Cruises and Iberocruceros and that it takes part of the group Carnival Corporation & plc, has archived item fiscal year 2011 (from on December 1°, 2010 on November 30, 2011) with a turnover of 3,16 billion euros, with a progression of 9.6% regarding 2,88 billion euros in the exercise precedence. The consolidated financial statement of 2011 is approved of today by the assembly of the shareholders.
Coast has announced that in the exercise 2011 own fleet has accommodated 2,3 million passengers, with an increase of 7.2% on the year precedence, and that the passengers/day have been 18.183.482 (+7.4%). The occupation rate has been of 105%.
The trend of the reservations for 2012 has accused the impact negative of the shipwreck of happened Costa Concordia at the beginning of this year. Costa Crociere however has specified that "the volume of reservations 2012, after the recent facts, is finding a positive radical change of direction in various strategic markets for the business of the company. Moreover, over the past few weeks the cruises of Passover of the 2012 are recording trend of advanced reservations to those for the cruises of Passover of 2011". The company has however found that "also 2012 will be a difficult year it is because of lasting of the economic crisis in the main European Countries and of the consequent reduction of the consumption, than because of the impact of the recent incident, but - it has specified - is previewed to close the exercise with a positive result".
"The results of 2011 - it has declared the president and managing director of the company, Pier Luigi Foschi - confirm that economic fundamental Costa Crociere Spa is a company with solid demonstrates also our ability to It to support, through consisting cash-flow, the investments for the realization of new ships, as Costa Fascinosa who will enter in service to the end of April 2012, and of AIDAmar to first of May 2012. It moreover must keep in mind who these results are reached in a very difficult associate-economic context, characterized from the economic recession and ulteriorly aggravated from the Arabic crisis, than has forced to change to us about a quarter of our routes".
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