Restaurants, Travel and Leisure Cruise and Gaming

Three cruise owner-operators

Carnival FY2025 $26.62B. Royal Caribbean $17.94B. Norwegian $9.83B. Ticket versus onboard mix is in the tooltips where the 10-K published it.

Ticket versus onboard

Carnival ticket $17.42B and onboard $9.20B. Royal Caribbean ticket 69.8% of revenue ($12.5B / $5.4B). Norwegian did not print the split and is omitted.
TicketOnboard

Ships ran above 100% occupancy

Carnival 13.6 million passengers at 105%. Royal Caribbean 9.45 million at 109.7%. Norwegian 3.00 million at 103.5%. Occupancy above 100% means some cabins held more than two guests.

Cruise occupancy, not hotel occupancy

Royal Caribbean 109.7%, Carnival 105%, Norwegian 103.5%. Passenger cruise days divided by berth-days. This is not Marriott or Hilton occupancy.

Capacity is berth-days, three labels

Carnival 96.5 million ALBDs. Royal 53.3 million APCD. Norwegian 24.4 million capacity days. Same idea, each company's word.

Implied average length of cruise

ALC = occupancy times capacity divided by passengers. Carnival 7.4 days, Royal 6.2, Norwegian 8.4. Not a printed ALC line. Carnival's inputs are rounded to one decimal.
CompanyOccupancyCapacityPassengersImplied ALCFormula
Carnival105%96.5 million ALBDs13.6 million7.4 days1.05 x 96.5 / 13.6. FY ended 30 Nov 2025.
Royal Caribbean109.7%53,325,212 APCD9,446,0106.2 days1.097 x 53,325,212 / 9,446,010
Norwegian103.5%24,433,624 capacity days2,997,8298.4 days1.035 x 24,433,624 / 2,997,829

Three integrated-resort companies

MGM $17.54B, Las Vegas Sands $13.02B, Wynn $7.14B. LVS has no Las Vegas operations. Macau market gaming revenue was $30.9B in 2025.

Macau and Singapore versus the Strip

LVS is Macao plus Singapore. Wynn Macau $3.72B out-earned Las Vegas $2.57B. MGM still prints more on the Strip ($8.44B) than at MGM China ($4.46B), and Strip revenue fell 4%.
Macau / Singapore / ChinaLas VegasRegional / Boston / digital

Macau market is not company GGR share

Macau market gaming revenue $30.9B (via Wynn 10-K). LVS Macao $7.47B net revenue. MGM China $4.46B. Wynn Macau $3.72B operating revenue. The three company bars do not add to the market bar.

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