'Obsessively Focused on Our Mission': Royal Caribbean Group Raises Annual Profit Forecast Again

Florida might soon have a rival when it comes to cruise getaways. Although the Sunshine State is home to the largest cruise market in the world, Royal Caribbean claims the Texas market has the potential to be even bigger — a concept that has prompted the line to invest heavily in the Gulf Coast region.

Every year, my mom and I take a trip together. We've traveled across the country and to various continents, but there's one activity that serves as the glue to our trips — food festivals.

As one of the most populous cities in the US, Chicago has some pretty terrible traffic. However, I have to brave it several times a year when traveling between Wisconsin and Michigan for work and family events.

Earlier this month, Thomas Cook India’s company – SOTC Travel – unveiled a series of 6 regional film campaigns around travel. The campaign was launched to mark its 75th anniversary and to reinforce the company’s focus on regional markets in India. 

Cruise lines are banking on a new destination type to help them boost revenue, and it’s not emerging destinations like Dominica or those currently trending, like Costa Rica: it’s their own private islands. 

Royal Caribbean Group said Tuesday that vacationers are spending more on its cruises and that it expects higher pricing in 2025. Executives discussing third-quarter results also said the majority of customers are new to cruises or their brands, and they discussed using AI to set prices and plans for a new private destination in Mexico.

When you're traveling, there are a million reasons to stay in a hotel—the most obvious being a guaranteed place to lay that pretty little head of yours. But these days, when Airbnb and other alternative stays offer at the very least that same thing, it's important to take into account the wonderful amenities hotels have to offer on top of the bare necessities. Consider the hotel breakfast, for example. Writing generally, if you're staying in one of the best hotels in the world as our editors often do, you can count on some sort of solid-if-not-outright-sumptuous spread to see you out the door ahead of a day spent doing whatever it is you've traveled to do. While every meal is a privilege, we have some opinions about which breakfasts went above and beyond.

Royal Caribbean is about to take more than 4,000 passengers even farther northwest into Alaska. Starting in spring 2026, Ovation of the Seas will become the line's largest-ever ship to sail one-way voyages to The Last Frontier, offering both cruises and cruisetours — something that wasn't available to Royal Caribbean passengers before on a big ship.

According to the popular Benjamin Franklin quote, "... nothing is certain except death and taxes." If Disney World had been around in the late 1700s, Franklin might have known there was one more certainty in life — ever-rising Disney World ticket prices.

Oct 21, 2024 • 8 min read

Hilton president and CEO Christopher Nassetta believes the hotel group’s focus on traditional hotels and lodging and mostly “organic” growth gives it an edge over competitors expanding into cruises, vacation rentals, and other categories.

Royal Caribbean Group is opening a new port in Juneau, Alaska, a move it claims will help disperse foot traffic in the city’s downtown as residents continue to debate the cost and benefits of cruise ships.