Royal Caribbean announced today that chief financial officer Brian Rice will retire soon and the company will begin transitioning his duties to Jason Liberty.  Rice will officially retire in the spring of 2014 and in the meanwhile, Liberty will begin taking over to make the transition process seamless.  

Rice will continue to serve as Vice Chairman until his retirement, overseeing Royal Caribbean’s finance, supply chain, strategy and information technology functions. Rice has been with Royal Caribbean for more than 20 years, serving as CFO since 2006 and Vice Chairman since 2012.

Royal Caribbean announced that it will add a brand new float to the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

Royal Caribbean's participation in the parade will be part of its celebration of the upcoming fall 2014 debut of Quantum of the Seas.

Royal Caribbean has named Rob Zeiger as its new vice president, global chief communications officer.  Zeiger will be responsible for Royal Caribbean's overall communications, corporate social responsibility, and public relations and corporate positioning strategies.

Sevastopol, Russia first deputy chairman of SSGA, Deputy CDF Regions Party Sergey Savenkov announced on television that Royal Caribbean is ready to invest $300 million in the construction of a new pas

Royal Caribbean CFO Brian Rice was profiled by the Wall Street Journal about how he is helping to cut costs from Royal Caribbean's supply chain to help the company's bottom line.  Cost cutting is especially important these days given the poor operating environment the cruise industry is dealing with.

Royal Caribbean announced a few new internal promotions today.  First, Brian Rice has been promoted to Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  Rich will continue as the cruise line's financial overseer but will also be responsible for the company's supply chain department as well as focusing on strategic issues.

Royal Caribbean Australia and New Zealand has named Allison Brennan the new Public Relations Manager.

Brennan joins Royal Caribbean after working with Surf Line Saving Australia, where she was the media and communications manager.  Previously, she had worked in various media and public relation roles for over ten years.

Royal Caribbean's schedule for the 2013-2014 cruise season is starting to open for booking and we have the schedule of what is available for booking now and when the rest of the bookings will be available

Royal Caribbean chairman Richard Fain released a statement about the death of Mikel Semler, who was the Director, Trade Support and Services for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Following the cruise industry-wide booking slump thanks to the Costa Concordia disaster earlier this year, Royal Caribbean appears to be moving back into positive numbers again.