by Cruise Market Watch | Nov 29, 2011 | Cruise Market Community, Revenue, Stock
Among the 2012 highlights: ~ The worldwide cruise market is estimated at $34.1 billion ~ Cruise passengers carried worldwide in 2012 is estimated at 20.3 million, a 5.6% increase over 2011 ~ The top two cruise companies Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) and Royal...
by Cruise Market Watch | Oct 8, 2011 | Revenue, Stock
Cruise stocks have been on some ride over last few weeks. Both Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Carnival (CCL) touched new 52-week lows early this week, only to rebound with the overall market as stock prices whipsaw in reaction to the daily cycle of news out of Europe....
by Cruise Market Watch | Feb 22, 2011 | Cruise Market Community, Revenue
Many cruise lines have made the island of Curaçao a customary destination while sailing the Caribbean. This has helped to distinguish the island as 115th out of 625 ports on the PortPulse ranking system. Curacao hosted 1.9% of all passengers sailing during the 4th...
by Cruise Market Watch | Dec 11, 2010 | Revenue, Trends
Among the 2011 highlights: ~Total worldwide cruise market is estimated at $29.4 billion, a 9.5% increase from 2010 ~Total cruise passengers carried worldwide in 2011 is estimated at 19.2 million, a 4.1% increase over 2010 ~Carnival (NYSE: CCL ) controls 51.6% of...
by Cruise Market Watch | Jan 7, 2010 | Marketing, Revenue, Trends
When you are a researcher, you just can't help but be analytical. But I must not be the only one to wonder while on a cruise what the revenue is from an average cruiser - and how that income is distributed among cruise line expenses? In case I am not, here is a...
by Cruise Market Watch | Dec 1, 2009 | Cruise Market Community, Hot Topics, Marketing, Revenue
The new ship is scheduled for delivery in 2012, following the 2011 launch of the Carnival Magic reports Seatrade Insider. This is big news as it ends a near two year drought in new ship orders and helps validate the cruise industries strong position with consumers...