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Celebrity Solstice
Celebrity Solstice
I believe we will continue to drive higher yields with
our products, and foresee wonderful performance
from our Solstice-class and Project Genesis vessels.
I thank our more than 46,000 employees for every-
thing they do to help us provide world-class cruise
vacations for our guests.
I’m deeply grateful to the members of our Board of
Directors for their guidance and efforts on behalf
of our company. I also thank you, our shareholders,
for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Richard D. Fain
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Independence of the Seas, Pullmantur’s purchase
of Pacific Star, and the November delivery of
Celebrity Solstice. Our heaviest booking season,
January and February, was encouraging. We
continue to see healthy booking volumes and
improved pricing.
Based on this improving revenue performance
and our focus on controlling costs, we expect
2008 to be a year of solid improvement in EPS.
We’ve made a number of strategic and
structural changes that should drive improved
performance, including:
• Diversification of our deployment and guest
sourcing outside of North America into Europe,
Latin America and Asia Pacific.
• Continual evalution of our hardware and itinerary
performance to allocate inventory to the highest-
yielding markets.
• Ongoing focus on cost efficiencies and
cost management.