Costa Crociere S.p.A. is an Italian cruise line company. It was founded in 1854 in Genoa as a cargo shipping company. In the first decades of the XX century, the operations expanded at great speed until 1947, when passenger transportation services between Italy and South America were introduced. In the following years the company converted all its business full-time cruising and in the 90’s it became one of the biggest cruise operators in Europe.
Until 1997, Costa Crociere was a family-owned business, but that year the majority of its stakes were sold to Carnival Corporation & Plc, an American conglomerate that owns some of the most important cruise line companies in the world. Costa Crociere, now also known as Costa Cruises Group remained in control of the Italian operations and became also responsible for AIDA Cruises in Germany
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The numbers of people visiting the island increased exponentially after January 2012, and people were mainly drawn by the possibility to see the ship relict and take pictures of the disaster. However, Isola del Giglio is a popular scuba diving destination and residents were afraid of the possible environmental damage caused by fuel leakage and floating ship remains. The chief of the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) agreed with the inhabitants and forecasted a lost, in the worst case scenario, of dozens of millions of euros.
At popular level, De Falco’s order phrase to Schettino “Vada a bordo, cazzo!” (“Go back on board, for f**k’s sake!”) became in some way a slogan to be used when someone did not want to face the consequences of their actions. Schettino even became an Internet meme in various platforms, such as Facebook pages and Twitter.
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How effective are the coastal management strategies used at present in your local beach area?
The coastal management strategies employed in Cronulla and Collaroy are identical but the efficiency is varied through each strategy.
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.
Example of weaknesses that Carnival Corporation & plc has is their safety record. In early 2012, the Costa Concordia struck off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy. In 2013, Carnival Cruise Line’s Triumph reported a fire, which left the ship adrift in the Gulf of Mexico (Carnival Corporation & plc SWOT Analysis, 2016). Among the other cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines have notably been the worse. In 2009, the Center for Disease Control tracked all major outbreaks, about 56% on Carnival cruise lines compared to a 48% average market share from 2009-2011. The company is also accounted for worse safety record for persons lost at sea. Since 2000, about 179 disappearances happened with Carnival Cruise Line alone (Levin , B., Jones, J., & Slade, T., 2012).
* The group is mostly focused on maintaining the vegetation of the various lagoons in the Terrigal area. As a result, most of their actions relate to the maintenance of the lagoons. The kind of things they do include:
Cronulla Beach is a popular tourist attraction and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. It is located on a southern Sydney peninsular, surrounded by Botany Bay to the north, Bate Bay to the east, Port Hacking to the south, and Gunnamatta Bay to the west.
Copa Cruises - Welcome Aboard! Copa Cruises is a 40-year old company that offers dining and sightseeing cruises. What started with only one ship at Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is now a big business operating at multiple locations with 40 vessels. Copa operates scheduled tours at least twice daily during the peak travel/tourism seasons at each of its locations. The total number of scheduled tours varies based on the number of vessels available at each location. Copa also offers its ships exclusively for groups. In fact, a significant portion of Copa’s revenues come from group bookings. Typically, group customers book for corporate events, weddings, or private celebrations (e.g. family reunion). Copa customizes the table arrangement, the deck,
Carnival Cruise’s, Disney Cruises and Norwegian was the only other clear competitors to RCL but in terms of subsidiaries Crystal Cruises was the only direct rival in terms of size and scale and position in the industry but in analyzing the demand increase from 1999 to 2001 a 16.7% increase in demand showed that Celebrity cruises had to maintain their position as a luxury brand to continue being a major player in the industry. The demand was strong and the competition was average, as it relates to entries to market the cruise line industry requires multiple stipulations and regulations required thus unless one of the major players mentioned above acquired a smaller cruise line to increase in operations and services Celebrity’s position was relatively strategic and smart. The competitive landscape was relatively small so quality improvement process should be the main focus during this time, they already created the process needed to offer superior service thus tweaks such as management training, career progression programs and increases in standard of performance programs would set Celebrity’s consistent quality assurance position in the industry to better
The Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc., was founded by Ted Arison in 1972. (Corporate Information) Ted ran the company until 1990 when he handed over the business to his son, Micky Arison. Micky became the CEO, and then became the Chairman. Carnival is the largest and most popular cruise line in the world, carrying more passengers than any other cruise ship. The Carnival Corporation mission statement is; “Our mission is to take the world on vacation and deliver exceptional experiences through many of the world's best-known cruise brands that cater to a variety of different geographic regions and lifestyles, all at an outstanding value unrivaled on land or at sea.” (Carnival Corporation History)
The economic climate has a strong impact on the cruise line industry. However, the cruise line industry is growing and more people are traveling today then ever before. As welfare of people has considerably grown despite all possible crises in world economy, anyhow many economic factors are influence to cruise line industry, such as clientele's economic positions, growth in markets, currencies rates when working international and inflation plays a role. Operators of a cruise will be affected under management and operational levels. If fuel price begins to increase, then it will influence operational costs of the company. If interest rates increase then, then it will influence the income of the company. Economic factor plays a major role for the company to be afloat of cruise industry.
Carnival has to great awards under their belt. First cruise ship to have over one million passengers in one year and also carry five million passengers total. They currently carry over twenty cruise ships that they operate, and that number will continue to grow as long as they are
Carnival is a leader in the cruise industry and it’s highly likely that the consumers would select this company; as it is also a branded company recognizable on the market it allow the process of word of mouth that lessen the power of the consumers from their self.
The final uncontrollable force affecting the cruise line industry is competition (Montalvo, 2007). This is probably the least influential force since 91% of the cruise line industry is made up of three companies-Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Star. These three organizations are world-famous and have developed the cruise concept to the point that there is a cruise that will fit just about every person’s destination dream and budget reality.
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 effectiveness of their promotion and advertisement campaigns.
Presented exhibits determine four main segments of the cruise tourism market – contemporary, premium, luxury and destinations. The pattern of market segmentation in this market can be described as clustered preferences based on the natural market segments which will be discussed. It is important to note that major players in the industry develop several brands allowing them to cater to the different segments.