Cruise Alert - NCL Files for IPO

Soon, U.S. Wall Street investors will be able to buy stock in Norwegian Cruise Line.  The company has filed for an Initial Public Offering to sell $250 million in common shares on the New York Stock Exchange.   No word yet (that I saw) on what their symbol will be.  (NCL is already in use by Nuveen Insured California Premium Income Municipal Fund.)

This will mean that the three main players in the U.S. cruise market will now be on the ticker.

The cruise line has said it also has plans for listing on the NASDAQ, as NCLH.

Wonder if NCL will be offering discounts or OBC's to stockholders?

The Sun and The Star

Norwegian Star

With Port Canaveral already anticipating the arrival of the Norwegian Sun this October, Tampa got some good news, too. Norwegian Star will call the Port of Tampa her winter home, beginning in 2011.

While the Sun begins her alternating seven day Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries October - April of this year, next year will see the Star sailing weekly to Roatan, Costa Maya and Belize from Tampa.

It's always nice to have more cruising options in the Sunshine State!

Tune in to Cuising Musings for reports of local plans to welcome the Sun to the Space Coast later this year.

The Norwegian Sun (stock photos courtesy of NCL)

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