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• Royal Caribbean Announces Pricing of Euro One Billion of Senior Notes.

  - 2007-01-18

  MIAMI, January 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; OSE) announced today that it has priced an offering of Euro one billion of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2014 at a price of 99.638%. The net proceeds of the offering...

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• Royal Caribbean Announces Purchase of Pullmantur S.A.

  - 2006-08-31

  MIAMI, August 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to further expand its European and Latin American operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) today announced its agreement to purchase Pullmantur S.A., a Madrid-based cruise and tour operator. Royal Caribbean expects the...

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• Royal Caribbean Announces Accelerated Share Repurchase Program.

  - 2006-06-13

  MIAMI, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) announced today it has finalized its previously announced agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to purchase shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$165 million in an...

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• Royal Caribbean Announces Offering of US$700 Million of Senior Notes.

  - 2006-06-07

  MIAMI, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) announced today that it has commenced an offering of US$700 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, comprised of a combination of fixed rate Senior Notes due 2013 and fixed rate...

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• Royal Caribbean Announces Pricing of US$900 Million of Senior Notes.

  - 2006-06-07

  MIAMI, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) announced today that it has priced a registered public offering of US$550 million principal amount of its 7.00% Senior Notes due 2013 at a price of 99.509%, and US$350 million principal amount...

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• Royal Caribbean Announces Intention to Engage in Certain Financing Transactions.

  - 2006-05-31

  MIAMI, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) today announced its intention to engage in a number of transactions. - The Company expects to call for redemption all of its outstanding Liquid Yield OptionTM Notes due 2021 ("LYONS")....

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• Royal Caribbean Cruises Sees Rise in Bookings, Faces Competitive Market.

  - 2004-06-04

  By Sherri Buri McDonald, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4--Ads for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. show luxurious ships sailing smooth seas. But the world's second-largest cruise operator has encountered turbulent waters in the stormy travel industry. ...

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• Royal Caribbean Executes a $500 Million Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

  - 2003-03-27

  Business Editors/Travel Writers MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 2003 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL), (OSE:RCL) announced today that it has executed a $500 million unsecured revolving credit facility to replace the company's current $1 billion revolving credit facility which was set to expire in June of this year. Salomon Smith...

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• Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

  - 2003-01-01

  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 1050 Caribbean Way Miami, Florida 33132 U.S.A. Telephone: (305) 539-6000 Fax: (305) 374-7354 Web site: http://www.royalcaribbean.com Public Company Founded: 1969 Employees: 38,870 Sales:...

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• Cruising to recovery: rapidly finding creative solutions to challenges posed by Sept. 11 has helped the cruise industry bounce back. (Cruises).(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)

  - 2002-09-09

  The weeks following Sept. 11, 2001, were somewhat deceiving for those watching the cruise industry: Lines managed to fill their ships by slashing prices and moving ships to waters closer to home, but shockingly low fares were commonplace. Agents wondered whether the industry would ever recover...

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