Cruises: The Ugly Truth When most people think of taking a cruise‚ they imagine visiting exotic places‚ lounging by the pool or beach and sipping on exotic drinks. Add to this the promise of all you can eat gourmet food and days of pampering and you have what sounds like the vacation of a lifetime. This is for good reason. The cruise industry spends millions of dollars a year in advertising to ensure that this fantasy image fills the minds of not only potential cruisers but also veteran
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interpreting them (Laws‚ 1998). Therefore the aim of this report is to address the implications and changes to the heritage and culture tourist industry and how this has impacted upon the execution of cultural events‚ especially the Notting Hill Carnival in London. Heritage and Cultural Events Major events can be an advantageous way with which to position a destination and all that it represents‚ promoting it to the world stage. It has been suggested that destinations have become a place product
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would this information be vital to Carnival Cruise? The annual revenue for just the U.S economy was 37.85 billion dollars and the annual increase for the company is 7.4% (Cruise Ship Industry Statistics). That is a huge profit margin and is vital reason why the cruise industry takes strategic management so seriously. Strategic management also helps companies figure out how to create better and more profitable business strategic plans. This helps Carnival Cruise make tough decisions biased among
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03/15/2010 Carnival Corporation-2007 Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise and most profitable cruise ship operator in the world. Carnival is headquartered in Miami‚ Florida and London England and employs 80‚000 employees. “Carnival operates a fleet of 95 ships‚ with another 11 ships scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2012 (Carnival Corporation‚ 2010).” Carnival cruises to Alaska‚ the Caribbean‚ Panama‚ South America‚ Mediterranean‚ New England‚ Bermuda‚ South Pacific‚ and the Bahamas
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Francisco Goya’s Disparate de Carnival‚ also known as the Carnival folly‚ depicts a circus of disfigured animations with human-like qualities. Regardless of being called a “carnival‚” the work seems extremely dreary and very much less lighthearted. This piece was made as a mere reflection of Goya’s depiction of his society. The artist is attempting to expose the monstrous qualities of mankind through the use of anthropomorphic animations. Although this specific piece might look like the works of
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Cruise Ships: Is Bigger Better? “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size‚ do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not.” -Yoda‚ Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Throughout the world‚ there are hundreds of thousands of vacation possibilities a person can go and experience. Tourism has become a big business‚ and in terms of size‚ cruise ships are a big fish in the ocean of tourism. However‚ within the cruise ship industry‚ there is still a
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in a nice hotel room‚ eat fabulous food‚ forget about everything that you need to deal when you are at home. Princess Cruises gives you the opportunity to make your dream come true‚ with the world’s largest ships and their luxurious services you can escape completely from your ordinary day to day activities. The History Princess Cruise is one of the largest cruise lines in the world. They have more than 700‚000 passengers every year and take them to world wide destinations; six continents
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Carnival Corporation promotes its name and brands through iconic advertisements that serve to make audience connected to the ocean. According to Arnold Donald‚ CEO of Carnival‚ the goal of the commercials is “to convince those who have never cruised to give us a chance to show them why over 10 million people a year sail on one of our nine brands and why so many of our guests cannot wait to sail with us again.” To achieve this goal‚ Carnival has been utilizing many advertising methods including traditional
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Predictive Analytics: the Future of Business Intelligence Introduction By M. Zaman The market is witnessing an unprecedented shift in business intelligence (BI)‚ largely because of technological innovation and increasing business needs. The latest shift in the BI market is the move from traditional analytics to predictive analytics. Although predictive analytics belongs to the BI family‚ it is emerging as a distinct new software sector. Analytical tools enable greater transparency‚ and can find
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Symposium on Progress in Information & Communication Technology 2009 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS: STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW AND CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS Timothy Chee‚ Lee-Kwun Chan‚ Min-Hooi Chuah‚ Chee-Sok Tan‚ Siew-Fan Wong‚William Yeoh Faculty of Information and Communication Technology University Tunku Abdul Rahman‚ Malaysia {cheech; chanlk; chuahmh; cstan; wongsf; yeohgs}@utar.edu.my of this‚ this paper first presents the various definitions and categories of BI and suggests how the
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