Travel Megatrends 2017: Cruise Lines Play the Long Game
Skift Take
It takes patience and methodical planning to build a new market — and the cruise industry seems to be settling into China until that’s done, with whatever tweaks are necessary along the way.
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Earlier this month we released our annual travel industry trends forecast, Skift Megatrends 2017. You can read about each of the trends on Skift, or download a copy of our magazine here.
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The giddy days of unbridled optimism for the cruise industry in China were gone by 2016, and executives came to grips with the fact that even a market with huge potential couldn’t keep up with massive increases in supply.
“In China, we've been growing at 40 percent and 50 percent growth rates without any difficulty. Those are pretty extraordinary levels,” Royal Car
