Carnival (CCL.L) announced last night that bookings are up 17% under its Carnival Cruise Lines brand compared to the same period last year. Possibly another indicator that the global recession is continuing to wane and good news for the company which also owns the Costa, Princess and P&O cruise brands. Net bookings were apparently 565,000 over the month of January.

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