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Royal Caribbean Blames Swine Flu for Lowered Earnings Outlook (RCL)

June 9, 2009 by Best Cruises · Leave a Comment 

Cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ( RCL ) said that the swine flu outbreak will negatively impact its earnings by 22 cents per share. CEO Richard D. Fain said that “the flu outbreak had a short, but highly disruptive impact to our operations.” The cruise operator was forced to avoid Mexican ports during the swine flu outbreak, and canceled the launch of its new Mexican cruise ship, called Pullmantur’s Pacific Dream. Pullmantur is the company’s mexican cruise line, which dire

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