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Note 5 - Accrued Expenses:
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]
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ACCRUED EXPENSES:

Accrued expenses consists of the following (in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
Operative commissions
  $ 3,716     $ 3,001  
Minimum cruise line commissions
    3,577       4,636  
Payroll and bonuses
    7,288       9,500  
Rent
    1,109       1,134  
Other
    17,159       16,703  
   Total
  $ 32,849     $ 34,974  

Under most of our concession agreements with cruise lines and certain of our leases with land-based spas, we are required to make minimum annual payments, irrespective of the amounts of revenues received from those operations.  These minimum annual payments are expensed/accrued over the applicable 12-month period.