Carnival News

“Getting old sucks. No one wants to get old. But you know what's worse? The alternative. If you think about it, growing old is a heck of a lot better than not growing old.”

I have a friend who recently crossed the big 4-0. Forty years of age. He was more than a bit depressed about it. via Motley Fool

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U.S. stocks fell, sending the market to its first weekly drop in a month, as American International Group Inc. via Bloomberg

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The airy, tented cabanas are located on Observation Deck in an area called the Retreat and around the mid-ship pool on Lido Deck. via Canada NewsWire

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Analysis and Discussion with Charles Bobrinskoy of Arial Investments via ClipSyndicate

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St. Louis Business Journal - by Matt Allen Online travel services firm YTB International Inc . via Bizjournals

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U.S. stock market futures surged Friday after a better-than-expected report on U.S. payrolls and an announcement by the Federal Reserve of more efforts to boost financial market liquidity. via MarketWatch

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“They were illegal, immoral and fattening”

Wed Apr 30 2008, by TravelTrade Staff Retired Carnival Cruise Lines president and CEO Bob Dickinson was named to the YTB International board of directors in a move that YTB chairman J. Lloyd "Coach" Tomer said ... via Travel Trade

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“Fuel costs continue to affect many and Disney Cruise Line is no exception”

Disney Cruise Line will implement a fuel surcharge on its cruise passengers of $8 a person per day, the company announced Monday. via Florida Today

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“Some things take huge investments to make them happen”

Carnival Corp. will pay an extra $600 million for fuel this year at current prices, and only 25 percent to 40 percent of that will be recovered by a $7-a-day fuel charge on the majority of its passengers, company Chairman Micky Arison said Tuesday at the annual meeting in Coral Gables. On Monday, Carnival raised its fuel surcharge from the $5 per person per day announced in November. Arison said the intent was to pass through a part of the oil increase to passengers. 'It's a combination of what the cost of fuel is and what the market will bear,' he said of setting the rate. Read more

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This article by USA Today 's Del Jones dates from 2002, but its analysis of why corporate bigwigs lean toward fly fishing as their favorite sport is as valid as ever. via MidCurrent

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