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Articles tagged “cruising”

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Can Cunard Create a New Hospitality Model for the Next Generation of Cruisers?

Cunard is striking an interesting balance between old-school, traditional luxury and fast-paced, data-driven, adaptive hospitality on its longer journeys across the sea. As competition heats up, the line needs to make a compelling sell to attract a younger audience. But a few currents and trends are colliding that just might make this possible.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 6 years ago

Can Cunard Create a New Hospitality Model for the Next Generation of Cruisers?

Cruises

Carnival Is Blanketing the U.S. With Its Newest, Biggest Ships

As cruise lines roll out new ships, they're showing them off to more markets. Carnival's approach — spreading its newest capacity around to several different ports — gives it the opportunity to reach a wide swath of the U.S.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 6 years ago

Carnival Is Blanketing the U.S. With Its Newest, Biggest Ships

Cruises

Royal Caribbean Ups Forecast But Wall Street Worries About Too Many Ships

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a lot of new ships coming, which will let the cruise operator charge higher prices and attract fresh interest. But as the global cruise industry continues to add capacity, analysts wonder if demand can keep up with the building boom.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Royal Caribbean Ups Forecast But Wall Street Worries About Too Many Ships

Cruises

Royal Caribbean Is Making a Billion-Dollar Push for New Cruisers

Cruise industry players talk constantly about attracting first-timers. Royal Caribbean International is putting some serious cash behind that talk with its new investments into private destinations and ship upgrades.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Royal Caribbean Is Making a Billion-Dollar Push for New Cruisers

Cruises

Virgin Voyages Is Counting on Its Brand to Win Over Cruise Skeptics

Virgin Voyages is emphatic about being a different kind of cruise player while planning to sail from the world's busiest cruise port to the most popular destination. The difference will be in the details, and we're still waiting for most of those.

Hannah Sampson , Skift | 7 years ago

Virgin Voyages Is Counting on Its Brand to Win Over Cruise Skeptics

Cruises

Royal Caribbean Execs Feel ‘Pretty Good’ About Key Caribbean Market

Royal Caribbean Cruises has new ships coming into the crowded Caribbean market this year, so it's no surprise the company has a positive outlook for the year. But we still wonder how eager cruise passengers will be to sail in the region this hurricane season given the disruption caused by storms in 2017.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Royal Caribbean Execs Feel ‘Pretty Good’ About Key Caribbean Market

Hotels

Travel Megatrends 2018: Travel Brands As Experience Platforms

If we received a penny for every time a travel industry executive talked about how consumers are looking for “experiences,” we’d be billionaires by now. But in all seriousness, there’s a definitive strategy behind travel brands’ desires to play an even bigger role in travelers’ experiences.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Travel Megatrends 2018: Travel Brands As Experience Platforms

Cruises

Carnival Draws on Shaq’s Star Power for New Fun-Centric Brand Campaign

Carnival's high-profile new spokesman should earn the brand some fresh interest, but will it be enough to bring new cruisers on board?

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Carnival Draws on Shaq’s Star Power for New Fun-Centric Brand Campaign

Cruises

MSC Cruises Takes Next Step in Major Global Expansion

As MSC Cruises embarks on a rapid global expansion, it makes sense for the privately owned operator to focus on the popular Caribbean cruise market. The key will be figuring out the best way to make its products stand out in a field crowded with names that are far more familiar to North American consumers.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

MSC Cruises Takes Next Step in Major Global Expansion

Cruises

Cruise Lines Rethink Retail Shopping for Age of Experiences

As travelers crave more meaningful experiences during their vacations, where does that leave cruise ship shopping? Cruise operators are trying to figure that out and deliver the kind of retail that passengers will respond to.

Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago

Cruise Lines Rethink Retail Shopping for Age of Experiences