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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Situation 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 the industry and a commitment to their brand essence‚ which is fun. Problem Statement One area that Carnival needs to improve upon in order to stay competitive within the industry is information technology. Carnival has a large IS group‚ but the focus has been on maintenance and operations of the existing infrastructure. In
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INTRODUCTION Carnival has enjoyed an extended run as Big Kahuna of the cruise world. The assets of its parent company‚ Carnival Corporation‚ are enormous and growing: In addition to its own fleet of 20 ships‚ Carnival Corp. holds full ownership of Cunard‚ Seabourn‚ Costa‚ Windstar‚ and Holland America Line -- all told‚ more than 50% of the North American cruise industry. And‚ in April 2003‚ Carnival beat out Royal Caribbean to acquire P&O Princess‚ adding yet another major cruise brand to its cruise dynasty
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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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Case Study: Allure Cruise Line – Challenges of Strategic Growth and Organizational Effectiveness Who are the “major players” in the North American cruise industry? The “major players” in North America cruise industry are‚ Carnival‚ P&O Princess (P&OP)‚ RCC and Star Cruises Group accounted for 69% of capacity in 2002. In 2006‚ with P&O Princess now part of Carnival‚ the top three reached over than 79%. In progress the top three “major players” would increase to 81% by 2010. With the emergence of
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209AMG Tourism Marketing 1 Cruise Marketing Strategies of Carnival Cruise Lines and Thomas TUI Monisha Chauhan 3093632 This report will identify the cruise marketing strategies of Carnival Cruise Lines and Thomson TUI in the UK. The report will be comparing each company to the other and how well each company is performing throughout the years gone by. Assessment of their positioning and pricing policies also will be acknowledged. It will also review the
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Case 2 :Carnival Corporation: Acquiring Princess Cruise Line(2002) Question: Carnival management and board of directors believed that demand would continue to increase well in to the future. Considering that only a small percentage of the North America market had taken a cruise Vacation‚ reaching more of the North American target market would improve industry profitability. Industry analysis stated that the “assessment of market potential” was only an “educated guess ”.what if the current
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of cooperation and variety of cultures. I was acquainted with a lot of nationalities from my previous work on cruise ships. When I first came to work for the Carnival Cruise Line Company‚ I did not know anything about shipboard life. I still remember my first day when I arrived in Miami‚ our port of call. I was looking at the giant floating city with a blue name printed on it: “Carnival Valor” with its slogan “The Fun Ships”. Entering that magnificent boat was slightly different from merely admiring
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world’s #1 vacation provider at land and at sea. Mission Statement (Current): Our missions is to deliver exceptional vacation experiences through the world’s best-known cruise brands that cater to a variety of different lifestyles and budgets‚ all at an outstanding value unrivaled on land or at sea. Mission Statement (Proposed): It is the mission of Carnival cruised to provide our customers with the best vacation experience on both land and at the sea.(1‚2‚3‚6‚7) We provide the best travel experiences
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Long and Short Term Strategies Contents Contents 2 History of the Carnival Corp 3 Mission and Vision Statements 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Business Ethics for Carnival Cruise Lines 8 Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic‚ and Environmental Forces 10 Social Forces 10 Cultural Forces 10 Demographic Forces 10 Environmental Forces 11 External Forces 11 Economic forces 11 Government‚ Legal‚ and Political Forces 13 Internal Operations Strengths and Weaknesses 16 Management
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