Tagged: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

A bullish outlook on the domestic Chinese market and outbound sourcing potential were among the positive topics on Royal Caribbean Cruises’ year-end and fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd (RCCL), the world’s second largest cruise shipping group, is expecting 2019 to become even better for the company than this year, which should be record breaking in terms of financial performance. “While 2018 is proving to be another record year, 2019 is shaping up to be even better,” said Richard D. Fain, chairman and CEO. (cruisebusiness.com)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today (October 11) announced it has signed an agreement with Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, for Southern Power’s 200-megawatt (MW) Reading Wind Facility. (more…)

Penang Port signed a deal with Royal Caribbean Cruises to upgrade the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal at a reported cost of $37 million. The expanded facility will allow larger cruise ships to berth by the end of 2019, as the port’s berth will be extended to 660 meters from 440 meters. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Expecting to post full year record adjusted earnings per share of $8.70 to $8.90, a 17 percent increase over last year, Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said on the company’s second quarter earnings call today that he is even more optimistic about 2019. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Travel professionals asked and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) has answered. The global cruise company unveils “Stateroom Planner,” a major, new tool within Espresso, the award-winning travel agent reservation system for Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises. (more…)

All 50 ships across the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. fleet will ring in 2019 free of plastic straws. Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, TUI Cruises, and Pullmantur Cruceros are eliminating plastic straws en route to comprehensive plastics elimination programs across their brands. (more…)

In today’s fast-paced travel industry, where new automated innovations equal increased productivity, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) introduces another feature to its leading agent reservation system, Espresso. (more…)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) has appointed Adam Goldstein, one of the cruise industry’s most respected leaders, to serve as vice chairman. Goldstein, a 30-year RCL veteran, will assume his new post in May, after having served as RCL’s president and chief operating officer since 2014. (more…)

In a major reshuffle of regional posts after ten years of success Royal Caribbean has announced changes to the boss of its Singapore and Sydney operations. Popular Sean Treacy, the managing director of Singapore and South East Asia of Royal Caribbean Lines for the past three years, will relocate to Miami to become Associate Vice President Strategic Planning for International. (aseancruising.com)

Today, Tuesday 20 February 2018, at HELMEPA’s offices, Mr. Michael. Dalacouras, Deputy Treasurer of the Board of Directors, met with Captain Nicholas Pagonis, Associate Vice President-Fleet Captain, Global Marine Operations of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, who handed him the applications for the registration, as HELMEPA Members, of the Company and 12 cruise ships under their management. (more…)

Speedcast International Limited, the provider of highly reliable, fully managed, remote communication and IT solutions, today announced it has extended its relationship with the largest consumer of satellite bandwidth in the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL), which will be further increasing the bandwidth delivered across 37 ships. (more…)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), parent company of Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, reported strong 2017 annual earnings of $7.53 per share. (travelagentcentral.com)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL), the world’s second largest cruise shipping group, said it would pay a total of $80 million in bonuses to its 66,000 staff after reporting record results for 2017. (cruisebusiness.com)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) announced today (Jan. 2) that Laura B. Miller has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Miller joins Royal Caribbean with more than 25 years of experience implementing human resources strategies for leading companies including ADT Corporation, Coca-Cola and Raytheon Company. (more…)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has named Martha Poulter senior vice president and chief information officer. Poulter joins RCL after spending the last 13 years of her career as CIO for major corporations such as Starwood Hotels and Resorts and GE Capital. (more…)

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s (RCCL) GoBe digital travel company unit and Umapped, the Canadian collaborative B2B2C itinerary and experience platform for the travel industry, have announced a key partnership to integrate GoBe tours and activities as part of the Umapped collaborative itinerary and experience platform. (cruisebusiness.com)

A cruise line doesn’t amount to an internet provider under a key federal surveillance law, according to a court ruling released Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson rejected arguments from federal prosecutors in Washington that Royal Caribbean Cruises is “a provider of an electronic communication service” because of the internet connections it makes available to guests. (politico.com)

The new features are a continuation of updates the cruise company has been making to the reservation system, which covers the Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises brands, since its launch. (travelagentcentral.com)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. chairman Richard Fain delivered some thoughts in a recent conference call with Wall Street analysts on how cruise ship design has evolved since the modern industry set sail in the 1960s. (travelweekly.com)

A view of Royal Caribbean’s future app which will let guests order food and drink to be delivered to them anytime, anywhere on board is seen at the Royal Caribbean Sea Beyond event at Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/ Invision for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd./AP Images)

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is rolling out an unprecedented wave of digital innovations touching every aspect of its business, charting a course for a world where travel frustrations have disappeared, erased by technology that is transforming cruise ships from stem to stern. (more…)

Royal Caribbean Cruises expects annual earnings in the range of $7.35 to $7.40, adjusted only slightly from the annual guidance given in Q2 at $7.35 to $7.45, despite absorbing a negative impact of $0.26 from the recent hurricanes. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Royal Caribbean (RCL) is being sued for allegedly pressuring passengers booked on a cruise into traveling to Houston even as Hurricane Harvey was set to strike the region, or risk losing the ability to get a refund on their tickets. (cbsnews.com)

Maintenance on Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Ltd.’s private island of Labadee, in Haiti, began on August 14 and will last for two months, according to a document on the cruise line’s website. (cruisecritic.com)