The world's largest cruise company – Carnival Corp. -- released its third-quarter earnings results, and the company posted record revenues in the quarter. It also notched its return to profitability for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. We thought it would be a good opportunity to dig into some of the points raised during Carnival's earnings call and talk about the outlook for cruise.

In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin; Gene Sloan, the cruise lead for the Points Guy; and Travel Weekly cruise editor Andrea Zelinski talk about Carnival's bookings, onboard spending, inflation, recession, fuel prices and the crop of new ships coming out in the next year.

This episode was recorded Oct. 5 while Tobin and Sloan were both at Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard to take the first look at Cunard Line’s Queen Anne, part of that wave of new ships.

On this episode: 

Gene Sloan of The Points Guy https://thepointsguy.com/author/genesloan/

Andrea Zelinski, senior editor, Travel Weekly https://www.travelweekly.com/andrea-zelinski

Host Rebecca Tobin, Travel Weekly's managing editor https://www.travelweekly.com/rebecca-tobin

Episode sponsor: 

This episode is sponsored by Air France/KLM Royal Dutch Airlines https://www.afkl.biz

Related reports from Travel Weekly: 

Carnival posts record revenue in a return to profitability https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-posts-record-revenue-Q3-2023

An analysts' cruise outlook: 'Future looks bright' https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/One-analyst-cruise-outlook-future-looks-bright

A first look at the Queen Anne, taking shape in Italy: https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/First-look-Cunard-unfinished-Queen-Anne

Related reports from Gene Sloan at The Points Guy:

Cruise bookings are so hot that some lines are running out of inventory https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-inventory-crunch/

Cruise fares are hitting new records -- and the trend is likely to continue https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-fares-rising-2024/

Could you soon have to pay a fuel surcharge to cruise? https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-fuel-surcharge-oil-spike/

The world's largest cruise company – Carnival Corp. -- released its third-quarter earnings results, and the company posted record revenues in the quarter. It also notched its return to profitability for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. We thought it would be a good opportunity to dig into some of the points raised during Carnival's earnings call and talk about the outlook for cruise.
In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin; Gene Sloan, the cruise lead for the Points Guy; and Travel Weekly cruise editor Andrea Zelinski talk about Carnival's bookings, onboard spending, inflation, recession, fuel prices and the crop of new ships coming out in the next year.
This episode was recorded Oct. 5 while Tobin and Sloan were both at Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard to take the first look at Cunard Line’s Queen Anne, part of that wave of new ships.
On this episode: 
Gene Sloan of The Points Guy <a href="https://thepointsguy.com/author/genesloan/">https://thepointsguy.com/author/genesloan/</a>
Andrea Zelinski, senior editor, Travel Weekly <a href="https://travelweekly.com/andrea-zelinski">https://www.travelweekly.com/andrea-zelinski</a>
Host Rebecca Tobin, Travel Weekly's managing editor <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/rebecca-tobin">https://www.travelweekly.com/rebecca-tobin</a>
Episode sponsor: 
This episode is sponsored by Air France/KLM Royal Dutch Airlines <a href="https://www.afkl.biz">https://www.afkl.biz</a>
Related reports from Travel Weekly: 
Carnival posts record revenue in a return to profitability <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-posts-record-revenue-Q3-2023">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-posts-record-revenue-Q3-2023</a>
An analysts' cruise outlook: 'Future looks bright' <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/One-analyst-cruise-outlook-future-looks-bright">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/One-analyst-cruise-outlook-future-looks-bright</a>
A first look at the Queen Anne, taking shape in Italy: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/First-look-Cunard-unfinished-Queen-Anne">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/First-look-Cunard-unfinished-Queen-Anne</a>
Related reports from Gene Sloan at The Points Guy:
Cruise bookings are so hot that some lines are running out of inventory <a href="https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-inventory-crunch/">https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-inventory-crunch/</a>
Cruise fares are hitting new records -- and the trend is likely to continue <a href="https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-fares-rising-2024/">https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-fares-rising-2024/</a>
Could you soon have to pay a fuel surcharge to cruise? <a href="https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-fuel-surcharge-oil-spike/">https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-fuel-surcharge-oil-spike/</a>

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Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
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