Micky Arison
Micky Arison
Micky Arisonis an Israeli-American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he also served as CEO until he was replaced in June 2013 by Arnold W. Donald, who had served on the company's board for 12 years. Arison is also the owner of the NBA's Miami Heat...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth29 June 1949
CityTel Aviv, Israel
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We are very pleased that our ships are making a difference in their lives and contributing to the recovery of New Orleans,
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We have every intention of relaunching cruise service from the great city of New Orleans as soon as the infrastructure is in place so that our ships may contribute to the economic recovery of the area.
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We have been exploring a strategy for entering the Asian marketplace for some time and have indicated that our entrance into this hugely populated market would be through one of our existing brands. These cruises represent a first step in this initiative and will serve as a platform for future expansion into other areas of Asia. Although all of our brands are virtually unknown in China, we chose Costa because it is already very international in nature, serving guests of many different nationalities, languages and cultures.
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Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs.
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Pier is a highly talented international executive and his years in Asia, combined with his vast experience overseeing Europe's leading cruise company, bring a unique insight and perspective into our new Asian cruise initiative.
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I thought there was a better than 50-50 chance that he would choose to do that.
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I think that was a big psychological plus for us.
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It is a testament to the resilience of our cruise business that despite an approximate 50 percent increase in fuel costs for the quarter and the worst hurricane season in our history, we were still able to grow earnings by 20 percent to achieve record fourth quarter results.
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Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs, resulting in higher profits and another record third quarter,
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Given the significant decline in our stock price over the last few weeks, the company believes that the purchase of its stock represents a very attractive investment.
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What we asked for was to be kept whole basically. And to make up for the revenue that we would have made had the ships been operated. And to pay for the expense of canceling 100,000 people and protecting travel agent commissions.
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We are extremely disappointed to have to withdraw from this transaction. The proposed combination of Fairfield and Carnival was a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on many outstanding marketing synergies that would have benefited both companies.
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We are extremely disappointed to have to withdraw from this transaction, ... The proposed combination of Fairfield and Carnival was a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on many outstanding marketing synergies that would have benefited both companies.