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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Pullmantur |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Restructuring and Related Costs | The following table summarizes our restructuring exit costs related to the above strategy (in thousands):
|  | Beginning Balance January 1, 2016 |  | Accruals |  | Payments |  | Ending Balance March 31, 2016 |  | Cumulative Charges Incurred
Termination benefits |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 237 |
Contract termination costs |  |  | — |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 68 |
Other related costs |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | 305 |

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