The world’s largest cruise conglomerate – and parent company of Costa Cruises which suffered the los

The world's largest cruise conglomerate – and parent company of Costa Cruises which suffered the loss of Costa Concordia in January's disaster - tackled declining prices by keeping costs tight and improving on board spend.
Profits for the three months to the end of August came in at $1.2 billion, just shy of the $1.3 billion achieved in the equivalent quarter last year. Revenues were down to $4.7 billion compared to $5.1 billion.
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Chairman and chief executive Micky Arison said: "The pace of booking volumes remains healthy enabling us to continue to catch up on occupancy walt disney world ticket prices levels, while pricing walt disney world ticket prices has gradually improved. Both of these trends leave us well positioned for a recovery in cruise ticket prices beginning walt disney world ticket prices in the second quarter of 2013."