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Royal Caribbean Cruises acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Royal Caribbean Cruises bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Silversea Cruises
Word for word“(2) Represents the change in the fair value of the contingent consideration and the amortization of the Silversea Cruises intangible assets resulting from the 2018 Silversea Cruises acquisition.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition2018—
Azamara brand
Word for word“(11) Represents the net gain recognized in 2021 in relation to the sale of the Azamara brand.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture2021—
cruise terminal facilities in Italy
Word for word“(1) Represents gain on sale of controlling interest in cruise terminal facilities in Italy.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
PortMiami terminal company
Word for word“The cash consideration received for the sale of the PortMiami terminal company, net of transaction costs, was allocated between paid in capital and noncontrolling interest using the net book value of our investment in the PortMiami terminal, as presented in the statement of shareholders' equity.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
Port of Costa Maya and adjacent land in Mahahual, Mexico
Word for word“In September 2024, we entered into agreements to acquire the Port of Costa Maya and adjacent land in Mahahual, Mexico for approximately $292 million.” 10-K for 2024
agreed acquisitionSeptember 2024approximately $292 million
Grand Bahama
Word for word“During the fourth quarter of 2024, we acquired an additional 9 % ownership interest in Grand Bahama for an immaterial amount, taking our noncontrolling interest from 40 % to 49 %.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionfourth quarter of 2024an immaterial amount
80% interest in the entity which owns our terminal at PortMiami
Word for word“As part of the transaction with iCON, we sold an 80 % interest in the entity which owns our terminal at PortMiami for $ 209 million and retained a 20 % minority interest, effective March 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2024
divestitureMarch 31, 2023$ 209 million
noncontrolling interest in an entity developing a port project in Spain
Word for word“As part of the transaction, we also sold a noncontrolling interest in another entity which is developing a port project in Spain for an immaterial amount.” 10-K for 2024
divestiture—an immaterial amount
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Cash received from selling businessesGoodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$0$26 million—
2017-12-31$0——
2018-12-31$916.1 million—$1.09 billion
2019-12-31$0—$12.5 million
2020-12-31$0——

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Royal Caribbean Cruises’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.