** Shares of cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group up 3.5% at $141.55 premarket
** Co lifts annual profit forecast for a second time this year after topping market expectations for Q1 revenue on strong demand and higher prices
** Q1 revenue up 29% to $3.73 billion, beating analysts' expectations of a rise of 28% to $3.69 billion - LSEG
** Excluding items, RCL reports adjusted EPS of $1.77 per share vs. estimates of $1.33 per share - LSEG
** Shares of peers Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Carnival also up about 1% premarket
** RCL up ~5% so far this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)
((Juveria.Tabassum@thomsonreuters.com;))
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