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| This will produce more than a 20% reduction in cost per ALBD in 2024 and significantly increase our bandwidth pipeline, resulting in both, better guest experience and higher onboard revenues, a clear win-win |
| MAS will allow us to leverage spare parts more effectively across the entire fleet and optimize our maintenance schedules and practices, all of which will strengthen our efficiency and reduce unplanned maintenance overtime |
| We also achieved per diem EBITDA and net income for the fourth quarter that all exceeded the high end of our September guidance range with cruise cost ex fuel in line with expectations |
| Fourth quarter yields continued on a positive trajectory, significantly higher than a very strong 2019 and even higher than we had anticipated and enabled us to overcome four years of high cost inflation to deliver per unit EBITDA that eclipsed 2019, holding fuel and currency constant |
| It was encouraged to see both North American and European brand occupancy levels exceed 101% in the fourth quarter with per diems for our North American brands up double-digits over 2019 and our European brands just shy of a double-digit increase |
| We delivered per diem improvements of more than 7-points for the full year with even stronger acceleration in Q4 while closing the double-digit occupancy gap at the start of the year to reach historical levels for the second half of 2023 |
| The up-tick in revenues on pricing certainly was impressive |
| Now, good news, we are highest book we've ever been |
| Strong EBITDA and cash from operations also propelled us on our journey to reduce the debt load necessitated during the pause in operations |
| We made debt payments of $6 billion this year ago, and we still have well over $5 billion of liquidity on top of strong and improving cash flow, which will contribute to further debt reduction over time |
| We are well positioned to drive 2024 ticket prices higher with significantly less inventory remaining to shell and the same time last year, despite a capacity increase of over 5% |
| The strong improvement in 2024 net yields is a result of the increase in all the component parts, higher ticket prices, higher onboard spending and higher occupancy with all three components improving on both sides of the Atlantic |
| We reached an all-time high in booking volumes for the two weeks around Black Friday, Cyber Monday and ended the year in the best booked position we have ever seen on both price and occupancy setting 2024 off to an amazing start |
| And during the fourth quarter, we essentially maintained the significant occupancy advantage we have built for 2024 going into the quarter, while improving year-over-year price position of our booked business even further |
| So I think that's setting us up well to be able to be in a pretty good position to give you this preliminary guidance for 2024 |
| For our peak summer period, all major products are better booked at higher prices benefiting from improving trends in both occupancy and price during the fourth quarter |
| Our yield management strategy, the baseload bookings has clearly set us up for another record year |
| The book position for our North American brands remains as far out as we have ever seen and well ahead of last year, and pricing that is considerably higher |
| Our European brands just delivered record fourth quarter booking volume at considerably higher prices and with a booking window now fully back to historical norms |
| As expected, our European brands are poised to become an even greater contributor to our 2024 operating improvement |
| This strategy, coupled with even more features onboard our newer ships for our guests to enjoy positions us well for further onboard revenue growth next year |
| Also, we expect occupancy for the full year to return to historical levels on 5% higher capacity, while delivering nicely higher per diems dam building on this year's record results |
| And with our new Vendor-Neutral platform, we are positioned to quickly capture cost savings in future years |
| In other words, we are gaining momentum in our ability to close the unwarranted value gap to land-based alternatives |
| And that is on top of improved 2023 results where we delivered a 7.5% increase in net revenue per diems versus 2019 |
| We are expecting to deliver strong 2024 net yield improvement with our guidance forecasting an increase of approximately 8.5% for the full year 2024 compared to 2023 |
| This pair is exceedingly well with the expansive amount of guest-pleasing amenities offered on board our newer fleet |
| This past year alone, we benefited from three fantastic new ships, including Carnival celebration and P&O Cruises |
| Our leveraged metrics will also continue to improve throughout 2024 as our EBITDA continues to grow |
| So we're very pleased with where we were we headed into the fourth quarter |
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| Our absolute emissions are over 10% lower than the 2011 peak and that's despite capacity growth of 30% since then |
| We do have a little bit of a disadvantage of doing this in December versus end of January, into February |
| And again, we have seen no sign of our business slowing |
| So that's I guess that's what I'm trying to clarify? Josh Weinstein One thing to stress, right, we just came up with a fourth quarter, which everybody's loss over real quick but it was up 10.5 in price |
| And as you'd expect, we never will as there is always room to improve |
| First, our forecast is for decelerating inflation |
| It seems like that plus 8.5% yield guidance might end up being somewhat conservative when we have this call a year from now |
| Now we have an issue with the Middle East and cusp the scanner, I believe, is in the Persian Gulf, but will be one of the ships that will have to come back to Europe in going through a straight that is have been targeted by Yemeni military cells |
| You'd be expecting a deceleration from current levels |
| Fuel consumption per berth day is expected to decrease another 4% and that is on top of the 15.5% production achieved from 2019 to 2023 |
| So, I'm curious if there's anything left out there that concerns you that you would like to share with the audience |
| That is a far cry from our March guidance as we delivered over $550 million to the bottom-line, which was partially offset by a drag from fuel price and currency exchange rates of over $100 million |
| So I apologize |
| So it seems like, you might be taking a somewhat conservative view around onboard trends and then potentially underestimating the opportunity around, taking close in pricing |
| Of course, we're not done |
| No problem |
| Josh Weinstein So I'm laughing at the glossary keep going Robin Robin Farley If I - if I remember if I'm interpreting the glossary correctly, I think that implies sort of a deceleration in the price there |
| It's just nicely higher, which I think the David Bernstein glossary is like a would be a deceleration - any help |
| Let's not forget that we did not reach historical occupancy levels into the second half of 2023 |
| So we're not going to do that |
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