Carnival Corp rosier outlook for 2017 has helped ease concerns for the cruise market next year, an Susquehanna Financial Group analyst said Wednesday after executives painted a picture of strong booking volume and pricing.

Though many vacations for next year are still to be booked, particularly in China, company executives described patterns that showed positive signs across a broad spectrum of the market as the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings this week.

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