'I'm not sure we have the freedom to [invest] under current regulations,' Arnold Donald, president and ceo, Carnival Corp. & plc, said in response to an analyst's question during the company's second quarter earnings call Thursday.
'Cuba's going to refresh the Caribbean,' Donald added, and the Carnival Cruise Line and Holland America Line brands are looking forward to going there in the near future. (Carnival sailings start in July, HAL's in December.)
That said, Cuba represents just a 'teeny-tiny' sliver of the company's capacity.
'It will be awhile' before Carnival Corp. can invest in Cuba's port infrastructure to enable the island to handle more and bigger ships.
'That doesn't mean Cubans themselves won't do it,' Donald said.
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