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Lobby organisation

Royal Caribbean Group

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Royal Caribbean Group appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€200k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Royal Caribbean Group is a global cruise company that operates three fully owned cruise brands, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Silversea Cruises. In addition we own 50% of TUI Cruises and Hapag Lloyd cruises through 50% joint venture with the TUI Group. Together, these brands operate 68 cruise ships with an additional ships on order.”

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“The Government Relations goal vis-a-vis the EU is to maintain professional relationships and regular exchange of information with the Commission, the Parliament and the Council regarding all policy fields that have an impact on RCL's ship building activity and cruise business (passenger shipping & tourism) in Europe and beyond.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party754%
Renew Europe215%
Socialists & Democrats215%
The Left215%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
0
2024
1
2025
4
2026
6

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Nikolina Brnjac
2 meetings · EPP
Borja Giménez Larraz
1 meeting · EPP
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Li AnderssonEmissions Trading System
24 Jun 2026Sérgio GonçalvesPort Strategy
13 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
26 Mar 2026Elena KountouraSustainable Tourism
17 Mar 2026Jens GiesekeTourism
17 Mar 2026Nikolina BrnjacSustainable Tourism Strategy, the Ports Strategy and EU Industrial Maritime Strategy
20 Nov 2025Borja Giménez LarrazPriorities in tourism sector
17 Nov 2025Elissavet Vozemberg-VrionidiDecarbonization of the Maritime Sector
13 May 2025Nikolina BrnjacDiscussion - Competitiveness of the maritime industry and how the sector and policy makers can work together
30 Apr 2025Christophe ClergeauSEARICA
12 Nov 2024Jan-Christoph OetjenGeneral exchange on current tourism topics
6 Jul 2022Elsi KatainenFuelEU Maritime
29 Jan 2020Jens GiesekeAustausch zur Schiffahrt

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