Speaking to analysts today after the US cruiseship owner reported second-quarter earnings, Sheehan said announcements are forthcoming on the design features of the two newbuildings at German shipyard Meyer Werft.

“We believe these enhancements will continue to improve our brand positioning and expected the payback on the ‘18 and ‘19 deliveries to be 5.5 years,” which is moderately higher than the five-year predicted payback on newbuildings booked previously, the NCL boss said.

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