Costa Cruises

Carnival Corporation & PLC is the largest passenger cruise ship company owning over one hundred vessels across the globe. Costa Cruise is one of ten cruise line brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC. Costa Cruise operates out of Genoa Italy and operates the vessel named the Concordia. On January 13, 2012 at 10:00 pm the Costa Concordia cruise ship began to sink after hitting a rock off the west coast of Italy. The ship was only hours into its trip when its Captain Federico Schettino took the

Peace Boat, a Japanese non-government association, is currently in the means of attempting to construct a completely new passenger cruise ship, which will implement the theme of eco-friendliness into its overall design. Engineers, together with skilled personnel, came up with the construction plan of the 55,000-ton Ecoship, which is said to have zero emissions while at sail, and will not dump any waste into the ocean. Although this ship will consist of many fascinating, eco-friendly features, the

Following the signal to abandon ship, it took Costa Cruises just under three hours to release their first statement. The company confirmed the evacuation of approximately 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crewmembers from the Costa Concordia. The press release stated that at the time, the cause of the incident could not be confirmed and assured the public that they were “working with the highest commitment to provide all needed assistance to guests, crew members and the local Italian authorities”. The

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

Carnival’s president and CEO, Gerry Cahill responded quickly to address the situation, and chose the direct communication approach. He began with an apology, and acknowledgement of the passengers challenging situation. In cases where the company was clearly in the wrong, this is proven to be very effective (Guffey, Loewy). His message then stated that safety is their highest concern, and concluded with the commitment to get them home as quickly as possible. Emphasizing safety, undoubtedly supported

Rotary Club program chairman has asked you to give a talk on the advantages of cruises. He has also hinted that club members might be interested in taking a group cruise with their spouses and children. What would you include in your talk? Vacation on a cruise would obviously make exciting to the families and would also make them feel different and distinct experience. When giving them the speech on the advantages of cruises I would include the following information: • The best thing is you don’t

When I was eight years old my family and I went on our annual cruise to the Bahamas. Eight year old me loved cruises. Not necessarily the drinking and partying, but the part where I met some of the coolest people, at the kids club. Yes, the kids club. This is where we would make slime and where some kids would cry, but for me it was heaven. This particular year I didn't really like the kids, they weren't that fun. I did meet one girl there, her name was Alex. She seemed to be pretty normal and extremely

newlyweds should go on a cruise for their honeymoon. A major reason for young newlyweds to go on a cruise for their honeymoon is because of the relaxation and rejuvenation they will receive. The revitalization is needed, for planning for a wedding can stress a couple out for months, in addition to the everyday stresses of life. Many critics may attest that going on a cruise can be the opposite of relaxing because of the hundreds of other passengers. A great benefit of going on a cruise with many other people

Health Cruises Case Read the Health Cruises Case and submit answers to the following questions. 1.    What is the minimum number of passengers Health Cruises must sign up by November 20th to break even?  [show your calculations] Considering that an average ticket price is $1500 and the cost per passenger is $200, each sold ticket generates $1,300 of the positive cash flow. Since $295,000 of the initial capital had been spent by November 14th, the following minimum number of passengers must

Tallink Silja Group SWOT analysis Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats of Tallink Silja Sweden. Figure 34: SWOT analysis of the Tallink(tallink,2016) Figure 34 defines the SWOT analysis of the tallink and it is representing the strengths , the weaknesses , the opportunities and the threats for the Tallink The SWOT analysis of Tallink Silja Group (2016)is as follow: Strengths The following were identified as the strengths:- -Established well-brand name in the market:- This name of the