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Currently on Arvia in the Caribbean. Ship full and speciality dining buzzing. Most people appear to have the drinks package and many have been tempted by the ships WiFi offer. I've never seen so many using their phones on board

Can I ask which brands do you think the loyal customers will move on to?

Thompson (thank goodness). The dreamliner from Gatwick.

We're off to the Caribbean tomorrow for a fortnight on Arvia. Really like the ship particularly because of outside space and dining options. Our first cruise of the year.

Not sure that I agree with the statement Carnival (and P&O) are creating Benidorm at sea.

I believe that they are going through a process of broadening their market appeal to a much wider and diverse market. The different brands within the company will have a greater differential to maximise customers choice. Personally I think it is the way to go. There is little point in different brands if the only difference is the colours on the hull. AIMHO

One of the biggest weaknesses in buying, selling and holding CCL shares is the trading time differentials between the UK and US.

For the first 6 and a half hours of UK trading you are essentially trading on the futures market because the US is closed and no matter what the market conditions are here the US alone will dictate the share price.

We then have only 2 hours of parallel trading after which we close resulting in 4 and half hours of US trading where we are completely hostage to whatever happens across the pond. The consequence of this then totally determines our opening. The cycle then repeats. It's so frustrating!

Botbot, agreed you could have a bag full of free shares however we know it's unlikely to happen in reality.

A challenge could be - start a time period with a nominal number of shares say 1000, carry out an imaginary trade of sell followed by a buy, max one sell and one buy per day and work out what you're profit/loss for the time period. Then subtract say £15 per trade.

I've tried it and lost both times.

Steady rise all day followed by a 67p/5.44% swing in less than 2 hours. You can hardly get your breath!

Bhants,

No offence taken.

It was only a comment on what might have caused such a sudden drop. I'm certainly not a ramper or a dreamer. I'm a long term holder of a modest holding with a £10.60 average . I don't trade the shares and intend to hold long

term. I've also received OBC to date with which would drop my average to circa £7.50 by year end.

They did indeed

It wasn't selective reading. It was just a comment on what was likely to be the cause of the sudden drop yesterday after the solid start over in the US. After all the drop occurred immediately following the CEO comments.

Additionally the issue still reduces earnings by that amount as it's unlikely to be argued that the increase in bookings are as a direct result of the re routing. Had they not had to re route then earnings per share would have likely been 8c above forecast.

Drop likely due to announcement this afternoon that re routing will reduce earnings bycirca 8c per share in 2024.

Botbot1202, thanks for the comprehensive information.

I haven't posted before but have been a small holder of CCL for a couple of years.

I have noticed a gap opening up between Lon and NYSE of about 2 percent/circa 20p over the past couple of days. We have dropped far more than over the past couple of days. Does anyone have any thoughts?

I'm a small holder and have been for about 2 years so seen the ups and the downs. Buy Petra Diamonds says Fleet Street Mining legend Robert Tyerman - good summary article.

Have held for just over 12 months and mad a healthy circa 25%o including dividend so I can't complain. Big sell on Friday by Paul Simpson who sold circa 66% of his holding made my mind up. Will however look for further opportunity to get back in if there is a retrace, although I won't hold my breath. Good luck all holders.

Petra Diamonds Ltd. (PDL.L), in its six-month production and sales trading update, said its production grew 31 percent, while revenues were up by 54 percent. The group said its first-half production increased 31 percent to about 1.25 million carats. For the half year, revenues grew 54 percent to $156.3 million from $101.4 million, while carats sold were up 57 percent to 1.066 million carats. Petra noted that carat sales were lower than carats produced due to the seasonal timing of its tenders. Petra expects its previous FY 2013 production guidance of 2.85 million carats to be lower by 7 percent or ca. 200,000 carats, however, Petra's production target of 5 Mcts per annum by FY 2019 remains on track.

53.25p according to stockmarket wire.

If I've read it correctly the deal has been done @454m and agreed.

Further to the announcement of 13 November 2012, Petra announces that financial close in relation to the FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank and First National Bank divisions), Absa Corporate and Investment Banking ("Absa") (a division of Absa Bank Limited and a member of Barclays) and IFC (a member of the World Bank Group) debt facilities of approximately US$244 million was reached on 16 November 2012. These transactions have now completed and the facilities are available for drawdown. Full details pertaining to the terms of the facilities were provided in the Company's announcement of 13 November 2012. ~ Ends ~