Carnival Corporation (2002) I. CASE ABSTRACT In 2002‚ the biding war between Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for the Princess Cruise Line ended. Carnival’s bid of %5.67 billion was accepted by Princess’s management‚ the war had lasted for almost a year‚ Princess had 11.9% market share and Carnival had 31.9% - a potential market share of 53.8%. After the terrorist attack on New York City and Washington‚ D.C. on September 11‚ 2001‚ customers for cruises dropped out of the market
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Moroye HTE-4300 11 September 2013 Case Study: Implementation One of the problem plaguing the cruise industry is lack of brand recognition. There are at least 17 different brands in the industry with very little differentiation between them. While there are different categories including contemporary‚ destination‚ premium‚ and luxury‚ there is not much to separate one brand from another in these categories. Many people will decide that they want to go on a cruise and choose one of these categories
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Arun Kuruvilla A Carnival guarantee for the nervous cruiser By Katia Hetter‚ CNN Link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/travel/carnival-cruises-guarantee/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10 Article Text: (CNN) -- Worried about booking a Carnival Cruise Lines vacation? Problems aboard the Carnival Legend‚ Carnival Dream‚ Carnival Triumph and Carnival Splendor cruise ships may have some first-time cruise customers thinking twice about booking a Carnival brand cruise. Maybe Carnival’s
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like the cruise industry‚ typically has a more attractive industry structure‚ though the nature and extent of competition in consolidated industries is hard to predict. Such industries typically exhibit high entry barriers‚ differentiated products‚ established brand preferences‚ and often high profitability. In some consolidated industries‚ incumbents fight with each other tooth and nail and hurt industry profitability as well as their own‚ as such is the case with the rivalry between Carnival Corps
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Summary: The cruise line industry has been experiencing a period of massive expansion over the last decade thus heightening the competitive profile for the industry in terms of market share and competitive rivalry. Now cruise industry is one of the most competitive across all. Question 1: What global forces have contributed to the growth of the cruise-line industry? Answer: The global forces which have contributed to the growth of the cruise-line industry
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Case : Carnival Cruise Lines 1 )The cruise line industry has seriously developed through the last decades. Companies have adapted offers creating lower price cruises more adapted to the middle class. Moreover‚ Ted Arison has launched the concept of “Fun Ship” vacation creating a new type of cruise more oriented on leisure. He managed to create a synergy with group tours‚ theme parks and sojourns (to Las Vegas for example). It created curiosity to potential customers and has grown the number of
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Carnival Cruise Lines case Questions 1. What global forces have contributed to the growth of the cruise industry? Two major factors that have contributed to the growth of the cruise industry are the change in the competitive environment brought about by the advent of transoceanic airline service and increasing discretionary incomes. As demand for liner travel declined in response to the development of less expensive and much faster air service‚ shipping lines were forced to respond to
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MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Ms.Rogers Kailin(Karen) Dong September 3rd‚ 2012 Recommend a cruiser behavior estimation system to improve CRM process As you requested‚ I have investigated the current competitive position and strategies of Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) and implemented the analysis. I suggest that CCL keep promoting the “Fun Ship” theme and make an IT investment in Cruiser Behavior Estimation system by analyzing the consumer behavior activity data. The IT improvement
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Carnival Cruise Lines is a British-American owned cruise line based in the Doral suburb of Miami‚ Florida (Carnival Cruise Lines‚ n.d.). The company offers vacations that appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Carnival was founded in 1972 as an independent company by Ted Arison. The cruise line company became known as the world’s most popular cruise line and in 1987 it made an initial public offering of 20 percent of its common stock. The public offering provided the company with an influx
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Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest cruise company in North America and carries more than 60‚000 passengers a week. The Carnival experience is the standard against what past cruisers judge their later cruise experiences. Carnival has captured the "fun" psychographic and has a strong reputation for an enjoyable‚ relaxed cruise. Furthermore‚ Carnival has a strong market expansion strategy for selling the mass-market cruise category and first-time cruisers. They have a clear vision and knowledge about
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