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Royal Caribbean Raises 2026 Earnings Outlook After Q2 Beat
In the second quarter, Royal Caribbean carried 2.4 million guests at a 110 percent load factor, while fuel expense rose 27 percent to $355 million.
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Meyer Turku Completes Hero of the Seas Hull Assembly
The fifty-meter-wide AquaDome was lifted in June after about twenty-four hours of work; Meyer Turku said no larger single glass-and-steel component had been lifted onto a ship.
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Royal Caribbean Plans Mahahual K'iin Community Center
Chosen through a community vote, the center’s name means “the sun of Mahahual,” and plans call for a soccer pitch plus basketball and volleyball courts.
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Royal Caribbean Extends Labadee Suspension Through June 2027
Royal Caribbean has leased Labadee since 1986; the fenced peninsula on Haiti's northern coast includes Dragon's Breath Flight Line and a roller coaster.
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Royal Caribbean Group Adds Former Airbnb Operations Chief to Board
Before Airbnb, Bunch held senior leadership posts at Apple and Hewlett-Packard, and she serves on The Vanguard Group’s board and its Audit Committee.
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Harmony of the Seas Marks 10 Years in Royal Caribbean Service
Harmony debuted Ultimate Abyss, a ten-deck slide billed at launch as the tallest at sea, and The Perfect Storm, later added to other Royal Caribbean ships.
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Royal Caribbean Exits Kusadasi as Global Ports Holding Buys Stake
Kusadasi serves as a cruise gateway to ancient Ephesus, with eight dedicated berths and 995,303 cruise passengers handled in 2025.
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Royal Caribbean Cancels Shanghai Cruise as Typhoon Closes Port
Goodwill Future Cruise Credits range from one thousand renminbi for interior cabins to three thousand four hundred renminbi per suite and are valid through July 11, 2027.
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Meyer Turku Lifts AquaDome Onto Hero of the Seas
The shipyard said the twenty-five-meter-high, fifty-meter-wide dome is the largest one-piece glass-and-steel element ever hoisted onto a vessel.
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Former Royal Caribbean Crew Member Pleads Guilty to Sex Assault
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake scheduled sentencing for Sept. 18; Herrera faces up to 20 years in federal prison and remains in custody.
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Legend of the Seas Departs Málaga on Inaugural Mediterranean Sailing
Málaga’s Levante pier facilities adapted mobile boarding bridges to the ship’s dimensions, with fireworks planned over the bay for the late-evening departure.
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Marella Discovery 2 Goes Adults-Only With Four New Venues
Marella Discovery 2’s children’s spaces will be converted into four adult venues, including a speakeasy and escape room, though final designs have not been released.