Carnival Corporation says it is experiencing record demand for its 2025 cruises, with limited inventory available, urging customers to book quickly.
In a conference call after the release of results for Q4, CEO Josh Weinstein noted increased prices and occupancy across all four quarters of 2025, attributing this to effective marketing and demand growth.
The company reported record advanced booking windows in both North America and Europe, with core deployments exceeding previous year’s booking levels.
The company has enhanced yield management strategies to optimise ticket prices and onboard spending, fueling ongoing success in cruise bookings.
CEO Josh Weinstein shared: “Performance in both North America and Europe are showing the longest advanced booking windows on record. All core deployments are also better booked at higher prices than the record levels we achieved at the same time last year,” he said.
“While new ships do command a nice premium, the vast majority of our yield growth was driven by fundamental demand improvements for the existing ships across our portfolio of world-class brands.”
“We’ve been sharpening our yield management techniques to optimize our booking curves and drive ticket prices and onboard spending higher. While all of these efforts are already in flight and clearly working”
