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In the quarter june-August the crocieristico group Carnival has recorded turned out advanced to the waits
the period has been archived item with a profit clearly of 1,25 billion dollars (+33%)
September 23, 2014
In the third trimester of fiscal year 2014, period that is finished 31st August, the crocieristico group American Carnival Corporation has recorded turned out economic considerably advanced regarding the same period of 2013 and - it has specified the president and managing director of the group, Arnold Donald - "the remarkablly best ones regarding the waits".
The period june-August of this year has been archived item with a profit clearly of 1,25 billion dollars on revenues for 4,95 billion dollars, with increments respective of +33% and +5% on the same period of 2013. The operating costs have recorded a decrease of the -3% and are come down to 3,65 billion dollars. The operating profit has grown of +36% to 1,30 billion dollars. In the quarter june-August of the 2014 fleets almost three million passengers (+3% operated from the companies of the Carnival group have transported altogether).
"Our activities in Asia - Donald has commented - have operated particularly well in the course of the trimester hauled by an increase to two figures of the clean revenues generated from our program in China, strengthening ulteriorly our leadership in this important emerged crocieristico market. In the quarter also our European continental activities have generated remarkable increases of the clean revenues and the profits reflecting the continuous progress of the brand Coast. Moreover our summery produced one in the Caribbean has attracted with success about 20% in more than hosts regarding last year strengthening popularity of the greatest crocieristica region of the world".
In the period December 2013 - August 2014 the fleets of the Carnival group have accommodated beyond 7,9 million passengers, with an increase of +5% regarding the first nine months of fiscal year 2013. Carnival has closed the first nine months of exercise 2014 with a profit clearly of 1,34 billion dollars on revenues for 12,16 billion dollars, with increments respective of +32% and +3% on the correspondent period of the exercise precedence. The operating costs are increased of +1% to 10,64 billion dollars and the operating profit is piled to 1,52 billion dollars (+22%).
Carnival has announced that today the level of the reservations for the cruises offered from the companies of the group in the first semester of 2015 turns out advanced to that of a year makes and that also the prices of the cruises turn out advanced. "The supported rise of the trend of increase of the reservations happened in the course of 2014 with the increase of the clean revenues in the second half of the year - it has found Donald - successively consolidates our confidence in an ulterior increase of the clean revenues in 2015 and".
Currently the fleets of the companies of the Carnival group, that is Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Crociere, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK), are formed altogether by 101 ships for an ability low read pairs to 212 thousand. Within the 2017 companies of the group they will take in delivery eight new cruise ships.
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