All the values of the main items of the income statement of the 2024 annual financial year of the American cruise group Royal Caribbean Cruises set new historical records starting with revenues achieved during the year which amounted to 16.48 billion of dollars, with an increase of +18.6% on 2023 which was generated both by the new historical peaks in revenues deriving from the cruise sales, results of 11.50 billion (+20.2%), and by the record sales on board ships, which stood at 4.90 billion dollars (+15.1%). New record values are also those of EBITDA, which amounted to €6.10 billion (+34.7%), operating profit, a result of €4.11 billion (+42.7%), and net profit which totaled 2.90 billion dollars (+69.8%).

The U.S. cruise group has closed a lot the fourth quarter of 2024 alone was also positive, which was On the other hand, the company was closed with revenues of $3.76 billion, value which represents an increase of +12.9% over the same period of the year and the new record for this quarter of the year which is achieved thanks to the new peaks relating to the fourth quarter both the revenues produced by the sale of cruises and the revenues deriving from sales on board the ships respectively to 2.60 billion (+13.7%) and 1.16 billion (+11.1%). New records for the period were recorded by EBITDA quarterly income of €1.13 billion (+24.2%), from operating profit of to $624 million (+9.5%) and net profit of 559 million (+99.6%).

A new historical record was also marked by the number passengers who embarked last year on the ships of the group that exceeded eight million units for the first time with a total of almost 8.6 million (+12.0%). In the quarter alone quarter of 2024 passengers embarked were 2.16 million (+11.3%), a number that is the new record for this period of the year and is only lower than the all-time record of 2.31 million passengers recorded in the third quarter of 2024.

Looking ahead, the president and CEO of the Royal Caribbean Group, Jason Liberty, announced today that "the 2025 is shaping up to be another great year, with growth Adjusted earnings expected to be 23%."

On the occasion of today's presentation of the annual results, The group has announced the launch of the new Celebrity River brand Cruises dedicated to offering premium river cruises. The company has specified that it is planning an initial order to acquire ten river boats that will enter service starting from 2027, while the booking campaign for the River cruises will start as early as 2025.