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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Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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MGB225 - Negotiation Simulation 3 (Assessed) – Island Cruise To be emailed to relevant team members in week 9 – strictly confidential MGB225 - NEGOTIATION SIMULATION 3 (ASSESSED) WEEK 10 CAPTAIN STUART BING – TEAMS A‚ C & D ISLAND CRUISE Introduction In this exercise you will participate in a negotiation about a cruise ship and its rights to visit a tropical island. You will role-play this negotiation as either the director of the cruise ship or the mayor of the island. The issues to be
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Introduction In this assignment I will try to analyze the cruise industry through a PESTLE analysis‚ which analyses the political‚ economical‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental external factors that influence this particular industry. Business is considered an economic system in which goods and services are exchanged for money‚ on the basis of their perceived worth. Every business requires some form of investment and a sufficient number of customers to whom its output can
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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT THE CRUISE SHIP COME TO MY DESTINATION? A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages‚ where the voyage itself and the ship’s amenities are all a part of the experience‚ as well as the different destinations along the way. It is however important that the cruise ships come to my destination because it will provide a boost to our economy in that it will provide the government with more money to help my country to buy goods and provide services
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Case 15: Allure Cruise Line: Challenges of strategic growth and organizational effectiveness (Part 4) Read the following case from your textbook: (open the other attachment for the article) Analysis: Write a case analysis in about 4 to 5 pages or more. Answer all the case questions in the text. Offer analysis and evidence to support your conclusions. Be objective in interpreting evidence. Don’t present one-sided arguments. Include and answer the points not favorable to your position. Write
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CRUISE SHIP: HOLLAND AMERICA Holland America Line operates a fleet of 15 premium cruise ships offering more than 500 cruises annually on all seven continents. Holland America Line operates Cruise Tours to Alaska that combine a cruise with a land experience. CRUISE SHIPS Make annual World Voyages‚ sailing around the world‚ usually ranging from January to March/April/May. Statendam Class (S Class) - They were the first new HAL cruise ships to incorporate features like the atrium‚ the two-deck
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the Niagara Falls Cruises. “Alright mom and dad let’s go now” I said. Then‚ my dad quickly took out the car. “You have reached your destination” GPS said. I got so excited so‚ I jumped out the car and ran from the parking lot to the main entrance of the falls. “Alex hold up you are going to get lost” the mom and dad shouted. “Wait‚ you fool” dad screamed. “NO HURRY UP‚” I said. Then‚ I kept on walking due to they were dragging and I am so hyped to go to the Hornblower Niagara Cruises. I got to the
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My Disney Cruise One day‚ Shelby’s aunt and uncle asked " Shelby would you like to go on the Disney Cruise line with us and the girls?" Shelby said "I would love to go but I have to check with my mom first. If momma says yes‚ when is it? How long would we be gone?" Aunt Melissa said "The cruise is on January 31st. We will be gone about five to six days." Shelby said " Okay‚ thank you." Later‚ Shelby text her mom saying " Momma‚ Uncle Jr‚ Aunt Melissa‚ Emersyn‚ and Olivia are going on the Disney
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The 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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