Carnival Cruise Lines Crisis Communication Analysis This analysis will outline details of a major event that affected one of the biggest cruise companies in America. Carnival Cruise Lines, is world renowned as “the Fun Ship” to families far and wide. They’re mission states: “Our mission is to take the world on vacation and deliver exceptional experiences through many of the world's best-known cruise brands that cater to a variety of different geographic regions and lifestyles, all at an outstanding
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Case 16 Carnival Corporation This case starts out by stating how the cruise line industry, specifically Carnival Corp., had survived the recession and even began to expand shortly after the recovery began. By reducing fuel consumption and expanding into the European market helped project the company through hard times. Since projections looked favorable, as only about 10 percent of Americans had been on a cruise before, the market was open for the taking. Having 98 ships in their current
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Carnival Corporation Module 8 Assignment 2 Martha Anne Alvis Argosy University Abstract Carnival Corporation (CCL) has been examined as to the nature of the industry. This paper studies the organizational structure from the Chief Operations Officer to the crew. Looking also into the global locations and the organizational work at several sites in which CCL operates. This paper examines the flow of information and the methods of resolution. Further offering information on strengths, weaknesses
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management team at Carnival Cruise Lines had much to celebrate. More than 3 million passengers would sail with Carnival this year, an all-time high (Exhibit 1 presents passenger numbers for Carnival and the industry). Before year’s end, Carnival was set to launch the 110,000-ton, 2,974-passenger Carnival Valor, the 20th ship in the fleet (Exhibit 2). When the Carnival Liberty joined the fleet in early 2005, Carnival’s cruise capacity would lead the industry (Exhibit 3 presents cruise capacity by brand)
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Overview of the Cruise Industry The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association stated that the industry forecasted roughly 16 million passengers in 2011, which is a 6.6% increase over the year 2010. In 2010 a record of 15 million passengers were forecasted to have cruised, with 11.1 million originating in North America. The cruise industry is the fastest-growing category in the leisure travel market. Since 1980, the industry has experienced an average annual passenger growth rate of approximately 7
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Bradisha Smith 100 111 411 Bradisha Smith 100 111 411 Negative Externalities of Tourism & Foreign Investment in The Bahamas Environmental Economics Negative Externalities of Tourism & Foreign Investment in The Bahamas Environmental Economics Negative Externalities of Tourism & Foreign Investment on The Bahamas’ Environment Although when the first few thoughts that come to mind when The Bahamas is mentioned to outsiders are paradise, luxury, and dream, the complete opposite
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Contribution of the North American Cruise Industry to the U.S. Economy in 2008 Prepared for: Cruise Lines International Association June 2009 Business Research & Economic Advisors P.O. Box 955 Exton, PA 19341 Cruise Lines International Association 2008 U.S. Economic Impact Analysis Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 2 THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CRUISE INDUSTRY TO THE U.S. ECONOMY
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1. The growth of cruise-line industry has been influenced by factors like: -increase in and expansion of technology (refurbishment of cruises, installation of discos and casinos,etc..) - liberalization of cross border trade and resource movements (international field, ship crews from over 100 countries, use of locally product from all over the world, treating the world as a source) -increased globally competition (development of air-service had changed the objective of Carnival Corporationidea
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Exploiting a Sea of Global Opportunity I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied –– John Masefield, The Seekers I n recent years, the call of the sea has spurred the cruise business. Sea voyage, of course, have had an aura of mystique for centuries, but only in recent decades has the experience of the open sea and exotic ports of call been available to mass market. Historically, the recreational
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Caso Carnival 1. Pienso que Carnival Cruise Lines trató de darle un valor y una importancia a la crisis que verdaderamente no era lo que sentían. Considero que se estaban preocupando mas por lo que dijeran los medios de comunicación y no por la situación personal de cada uno de los individuos que viajaban como pasajeros en el Costa Concordia. 2. Yo le hubiese aconsejado al CEO que tratara de manejar la situación un poco mas directa en relación a la situación o la crisis que estaba enfrentando
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