Entries for the ‘Royal Caribbean Inc.’ Category

Pretty Cool Picture of Top Cruise Line CEO’s

The above photo comes from the annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Conference. On the far left is Carnival Corp CEO Micky Arison. 3rd from the left is Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain. 3rd from the right is NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan. And lastly on the far right is MSC Cruises CEO Rick Sasso. Kind of [...]

Will Europe’s TUI Build a new Ship?

  From CIN: Sources also report that TUI is close to ordering ships from STX Finland. While the shipyard was not immediately prepared to comment, it would be a stretch for TUI to commit funds to a newbuilding, considering TUI posted a loss for the first nine months of its fiscal year, and the German [...]

Royal Caribbean Dissolves Two Major Stockholders

  (Photo Credit: Flickr user GoboNdc via Creative Commons license) From FAIRPLAY24 ROYAL Caribbean’s two largest owners – Norway’s Wilhelmsen family and America’s Pritzker family – have dissolved their shareholders agreement, the cruise giant confirmed. The Wilhelmsen family, through A Wilhelmsen AS, owns 19% of Royal Caribbean. The Pritzkers, through Cruise Associates, own 15%. For [...]

Celebrity Silhouette Interior Photos are Impressive

Take a look at the recently launched ship. I have to say I am a big fan.

BREAKING: Finance Friday: RCL’s Financial Blunder Proves Costly

When Royal Caribbean International (NYSE:RCL) announced their 2Q 2011 Earnings they shocked everyone by admitting that their erred in their accounting. Upon hearing this, the stock plunged yesterday quite a lot. It should pick up today assuming it’s a good day for the market, but with the looming debt crisis, its gonna be a long [...]

Celebrity Silhouette Christened in Hamburg

  Shortly after taking delivery of the 122,000grt ship, Celebrity and parent company Royal Caribbean international christened the panamax ship. The event took place dockside in Hamburg, Germany. The godmother of the 2,886-pax ship is Signature Travel Network president and CEO Michelle Morgan. The ship debuts several new venues for a solstice class ship. The [...]

Celebrity Silhouette Arrives in Hamburg

From Celebrity’s Twitter:  

Celebrity Takes Delivery of Silhouette

Celebrity Just took delivery of their newest addition to the Solstice class, the Silhouette. The 1,033ft vessel will be christened in Hamburg tomorrow. At 144,000grt she will be the largest ship christened in the German port. That’s RCI CEO Richard Fain the the middle there toasting the transfer of the funds (total amount of $750 [...]

RCI Doesn’t Release Any Project Sunshine Details

In a recent post on the Chariman’s Blog, RCI CEO Richard Fain posted the following non-details regarding Project Sunshine: A new ship project like Project Sunshine is a remarkable phenomenon. The physical ship won’t be ours until well over three years from now. Yet we already live with an unending series of deadlines that drive [...]

BREAKING: RCI Shifts Voyager to Asia+Australia Yearound

Following Carnival’s Spirit and Celebrity’s Solstice, Royal Caribbean announced that they will move their former flagship, Voyager of the Seas, to Asia starting in June of 2012. She’ll base out of Shanghai, China and sail everything from 4 to 10 night trips. Destinations will primarily be in Japan, Korea and China. After her season in [...]

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