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In the first trimester the 2012 profits operating and clearly of Royal Caribbean are diminished of 40.1% and 9.5%
the revenues are increased of 9.7%
April 20, 2012
In the first trimester of the 2012 crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean Cruises has recorded a profit clearly of 47,0 million dollars, down of 40.1% regarding 78,4 million dollars in the correspondent period last year. The revenues are piled to 1.834, 5 million dollars, with an increase of advanced 9.7% to that of the passengers accommodated on the ships of the fleet that has been of +5.2% for a total of 1,38 million people. The operating profit is diminished of attesting 9.5% to 135,4 million dollars regarding 149,5 million dollars in the first three months of 2011.
"The results of the first trimester - it has declared today the president and managing director of the American group, Richard D. Fain - have been satisfactory date the difficulty and the uncertainty of the operating scene and we continue to record improvements in the question for our excellent vacations". Referring to the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia di Costa Crociere, happened at the beginning of this year, Fain he has specified that Royal Caribbean "does not consider that the impact of the tragedy will be in the long term and - has added - we are finding that the effects are diminishing".
The company has specified that in recent months the activity of booking is gradually growing (from the February beginning the level has been inferior to +5%), increase that but is accompanied also by that of the price of the fuel. "In spite of the event of extraordinary character who has had this year an impact on our reservations - the financial director has explained and executive vice-president of the group, Brian J. Rice - up to now the resumption has been online with our forecasts. Caraibi and Alaska continue to being in good health and, as expected, for this summer Europe anticipates turned out of different tenor. If the market is still unstable and uncertain, we are shrinking the range of ours yield and our profit per.share so that they reflect the current forecasts at best".
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In the first trimester of the 2012 crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean Cruises has recorded a profit clearly of 47,0 million dollars, down of 40.1% regarding 78,4 million dollars in the correspondent period last year. The revenues are piled to 1.834, 5 million dollars, with an increase of advanced 9.7% to that of the passengers accommodated on the ships of the fleet that has been of +5.2% for a total of 1,38 million people. The operating profit is diminished of attesting 9.5% to 135,4 million dollars regarding 149,5 million dollars in the first three months of 2011.
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