Royal Caribbean previews an ulterior improvement of the results in 2014



"We are beginning to see the results of our efforts in order to improve the yields in these difficult times. We have still much road to make, but our strategy and our investments are carrying greater revenues and determining a cost effectiveness that they very make to hope for 2014 and beyond". The managing director of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Richard Fain has said today chairman and, commenting the results achieved from the American crocieristico group in the third trimester of this year, period that has been archived item with a profit clearly of 365,7 million dollars, with a decrease of the -1% regarding the third trimester of 2012. The revenues have grown of 4% attesting itself to 2,31 billion dollars and the operating profit is dropped of the -2% to 444,2 million dollars. In the third trimester of this year the ships of the fleet of the group have boarded altogether 1,26 million passengers (+1%).

In the first nine months of the 2013 group it has recorded a profit clearly of 446,7 million dollars on revenues for 6,11 billion dollars, with increments respective of 13% and 4% on the period January-september last year. The operating profit is piled to 723,2 million dollars (+6%).

The group American has announced that currently the level of the reservations for the cruises of the 2014 turns out advanced last year regarding those recorded, and this for all and the four trimesters of the next year. The reservations for the cruises in the Caribbean - it has specified Royal Caribbean - have grown even if - has specified the company - they slightly turn out inferior if account of the variation of the ability to the fleet employed in the region holds.

The prices of the cruises reserved for the first trimester of the 2014 turn out last year online with those of the same period, while those for the second, third and fourth trimester of the next year turn out advanced. "The prices for the Caribbean - it has found the financial director of the group, Jason Liberty - permangono under a sure pressure, but being at the beginning of the cycle of reservations we expect that in the 2014 yields in the Caribbean they will be stable or single slightly inferior. Fortunately the Caribbean summer constitutes for us a remarkable impulse and, with the improvements that we are finding with the others our producing, for the 2014 we preview a total improvement of the yields of some point percentage".

Royal Caribbean has specified moreover that the reservations and the prices for the cruises that will carry out in Europe, region to which is classified 22% of the ability to the fleet of the group, meaningfully turn out advanced; moreover the reservations for the cruises in Asia are increased considerable, while the reservations for Alaska and the other produced ones of the group are recording improvements.