*Carnival Corp expects ship at port no later than Thursday. MOBILE, Ala., Feb 12- The cruise ship Carnival Triumph was being towed to port in Alabama on Tuesday as passengers complained of sweltering heat and gut-wrenching odors from backed up toilets after a weekend engine fire left it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.
*Carnival Corp expects ship at port no later than Thursday. MOBILE, Ala., Feb 12- The cruise ship Carnival Triumph was being towed to port in Alabama on Tuesday as passengers complained of sweltering heat and gut-wrenching odors from backed up toilets after a weekend engine fire left it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico.
*Risks overlooked at multinationals in China, experts say. NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, Feb 10- Tales of shady business practices abound in China- fake revenues, phony invoices, sham factories- but until recently, the problem seemed confined mostly to Chinese companies.
*First-quarter EPS forecast $0.51- $0.54 vs est $0.48. Feb 7- Starwood Hotels& Resorts Worldwide Inc, whose chains include Sheraton and Westin, raised the lower end of its full-year forecast for its per-room revenue on an anticipcated rise in demand, but its shares fell 3 percent on lackluster earnings.
Feb 7- Starwood Hotels& Resorts Worldwide Inc, whose chains include Sheraton and Westin, reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and said demand is growing in all its important geographies, including Europe. Demand in its other two important geographies, Asia and Europe, is also picking up.
*First-quarter EPS forecast $0.51- $0.54 vs est $0.48. Feb 7- Starwood Hotels& Resorts Worldwide Inc, whose brands include Sheraton and Westin, reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on higher room and occupancy rates, and said it expects demand to be higher this year.
Feb 7- Starwood Hotels& Resorts Worldwide Inc, whose brands include Sheraton and Westin, reported a 59 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit from continuing operations as costs rose, and said it expects demand to be higher this year.
Feb 4- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second-largest cruise operator, on Monday said that strong U.S. demand and a jump in bookings so far this year would help mitigate lingering weakness in Europe in 2013..
Feb 4- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second-largest cruise operator, on Monday said that strong U.S. demand and a jump in bookings so far this year would mitigate lingering weakness in Europe in 2013..
Feb 4- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second-largest cruise operator, said on Monday that strong U.S. business would mitigate lingering weakness in Europe in 2013, which forced it to take a large impairment charge for its struggling Spanish cruise line.
HONG KONG, Feb 1- Hong Kong shares could start higher on Friday, ahead of the release of data that is likely to show China's economy expanded at its fastest pace in nine months. IATA's members include major airlines such as Air France KLM, British Airways, Delta and Air China.
LOS ANGELES, Jan 31- Hotel-casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd on Thursday posted a quarterly profit that was below Wall Street's estimates as its share of the Macau market declined. They continued a significant decline in Macau due to market share loss to the Cotai strip, where Wynn's competitors own properties, "said Chad Mollman, analyst with Morningstar Inc..
The Caribbean, Mediterranean and Europe remain the top cruise destinations, with Americans and Canadians making up the bulk of passengers, but the industry is rapidly going global with Australia and Asia the big growth area.
LONDON, Jan 25- Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced minibars, lousy breakfasts and slow service, according to a survey released on Friday. Close behind Dresden in the list of cities with good hotels were Hanoi in Vietnam, Tokyo, Chicago, and Krakow in Poland.
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