Carnival chief downplays impact of Berlin, Ankara incidentsCarnival chief downplays impact of Berlin, Ankara incidents
Carnival Corp. & plc's chief executive said there's no immediate cause to think travel demand will be impacted following violent incidents in Turkey and Germany.
December 20, 2016

In shocking events on Monday, an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin killed 12 people and injured dozens, and in Ankara an off-duty Turkish police officer assassinated the Russian ambassador.
The cruise industry has weathered consumer reaction to incidents like these in the past several years, Arnold Donald said in response to an analyst's question during Carnival's earnings call.
'As long as the world stays in the general state it is, people continued to travel,' he said.
If things were exacerbated, that could affect demand, Donald added, but there's 'no reason at this time to have a higher level of concern.'
The public cruise companies have recently reported North American demand for cruises in Europe had improved following a period of calm on the geopolitical front.
On Tuesday Donald said the cruise industry's overall position in the Mediterranean, specifically, is 'good' following a capacity reduction there in 2017, and cfo David Bernstein described pricing for the North American brands in the Mediterranean as 'much better.'
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