Note 6 - Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

(6)   ACCRUED EXPENSES:

Accrued expenses consists of the following (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Operative commissions	$	4,414	$	4,240
Minimum cruise line commissions		2,558		6,023
Payroll and bonuses		7,631		11,516
Rent		3,359		2,954
Other		19,781		22,544
Total	$	37,743	$	47,277

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.