Shares of Carnival Corp. rose nearly 3% in the extended session Monday after the cruise operator said that the week of March 28 was its busiest booking seven-day period ever. The week showed a “double-digit” increase from the previous record 7-day booking total, the company said, without further details. Twenty-two out of Carnival’s 23 ships are back in year-around guest operations, Carnival said. Its final ship will return to service on May 2, and the company will have its newest ship in November and another new ship expected for 2023, it said. “By year-end 2022, Carnival will have more capacity sailing (as measured by ALBDs — available lower berth days) than it was sailing in 2019,” it said. Carnival stock ended the regular trading day down 1.6%.
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