THE CRUISE INDUSTRY The cruise industry is a highly profitable international activity‚ and the fastest growing sector of the travel‚ tourism and leisure industry. The cruise industry has gone through significant changes from the days of transoceanic transportation and tropical vacations only available to the domain of society’s elite‚ to the modern multimillion tourism and leisure industry that offers an affordable vacation option and a level of comfort difficult to match for the average citizen
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Cruise Industry Table of Contents Page 3 Executive Summary Page 4 - 6 Topic Paper Page 7 Work Cited Page Executive Summary Cruise Industry gives people the opportunity to get away on a ship that will take them away from many of their daily activities like work‚ and stress. There are many different reasons people decide to take a cruise such as value‚ convenience‚ choice‚ see new places‚ comfort‚ and even family get together. The
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CRUISE TOURISM Student’s name: Rarenko Daria Module Tutor: Ms. L. Philippatos FP - MA Module Title: Academic Writing Date of submission: “ Old and young ‚ we are all on our last cruise.” Robert Louis Stevenson (http://www.brainyquote.com) Summary The aim of this report is to present and analyze one of the most popular fields of international tourism‚ cruise tourism. There is specific
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Cohort: Spring 2015 Alec Lekas January 16‚ 2015 The Industry of Cruise Liners and How They Succeed Introduction Over the course of this paper‚ the Cruise Line industry will be thoroughly examined and discussed in order to answer some important questions. First‚ the current state and some brief history of the industry will be looked at. Some topics that will be discussed will be the structure of the industry‚ trends within it‚ the treat of substitutions and new entrants‚ and the
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MBA 623 | North American Cruise Industry | Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Cruise Industry Overview 2 Market Overview and Structure 2 Industry and Customer Segments 5 Target Market Analysis 7 Carnival Cruise Lines 7 Target Market Analysis 7 Positioning Strategy 7 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines 8 Target Market Analysis 8 Positioning Strategy 9 Norwegian Cruise Lines 9 Target Market Analysis 10 Positioning Strategy 10 Disney Cruise Lines 11 Target Market Analysis
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1) Current Ratio The ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company’s ability to pay back its short-term liabilities (debt and payables) with its short-term assets (cash‚ inventory‚ receivables). The higher the current ratio‚ the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. 2) Quick Ratio An indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason‚ the ratio excludes inventories
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FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS Based on the table 1‚ it shows that the financial ratio was divided into four parts which are liquidity‚ assets management‚ long-term debt paying ability and profitability. Liquidity ratios are particularly interesting to short-term creditors and it is focus on current assets and current liability. In addition‚ General Thumb of rule for the current ratio should be at least 2:1. For the Gemini Electronic the current ratio is consistent and it is increase in year 2006. But
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The Future of Cruise Industry Abstract Cruise industry has rapidly developing since 1990s; it becomes not only as transportation tool‚ but a modern way of travel and even lifestyle. It is regarded as ‘floating resorts’. This journal article focuses on the future development of cruising industry. It examines cruise industry on five main factors: the structure of the industry: high concentration and enter of Low-Cost cruise lines; the potential customers: whether aging population or young generation
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The current ratio is calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. The current ratio for the Coca-Cola Company in 2008 was 0.93 (12‚176/12‚988) and for 2009 it was 1.28 (17‚551/13‚721). For every dollar of current liabilities in 2009‚ Coca-Cola has $1.28 of current assets. The ratio indicates that Coca-Cola has enough assets to cover its debts. From 2008 to 2009‚ the company had a large increase in cash‚ which increased their current assets. They also had a similar increase in the
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Leisure- Cruise Industry Major: Marketing Porter’s Six Forces I. Threat of New Entrants: Low * Barriers to entry: High * High Capital Requirements: The capital required to start up a cruise line is one of the key factors contributing to this industry’s high barriers to entry. With the average cost of building a cruise ship rising‚ the amount of capital needed to start up a cruise line is estimated at one billion dollars. Therefore discouraging any new entrants into the industry. *
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