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Fiscal cliff uncertainties make forecasting Carnival Corporaton’s guidance a choppy endeavor
TransportCarnival Corp. may want to throw a few politicians overboard — over the fiscal cliff, that is. The world’s largest cruise company recently released its financial guidance for 2013, but officials sounded at wit’s end when they spoke to analysts about the difficulties of forecasting as the company cited a shorter booking window; the upcoming, [...]
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JetBlue’s Barger: Fiscal cliff impasse “disappointing” but “cautiously optimistic” about 2013
TransportJetBlue CEO David Barger said today it’s disappointing that politicians of both parties can’t get together to forge a solution to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” but he added that the airline is “cautiously optimistic” about its prospects in 2013. Barger said that JetBlue, which is a backer of the nonpartisan FixTheDebt campaign, won’t be making [...]
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Survey: Fiscal cliff and gridlock are not of great concern to travel managers
TransportWhen it comes to travel concerns about 2013, the people who run large corporate travel programs are much more concerned about the cost of fuel than political shenanigans over tax increases and spending cuts in Washington, D.C. In a survey of nearly 100 travel managers in North America and Europe, AirPlus International found that the [...]
