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Norwegian Cruise Line Sees No Danger and 2 Other Tourism Trends This Week

  • Isaac Carey, Skift
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    This week in tourism, Norwegian Cruise Line has an impressive start to the year, and a new report points to some worrying U.S. travel numbers. Plus, the CEO of one of the world’s largest private travel companies shares his roadmap to curb the abundance of single-use plastics.
    — Isaac Carey, Skift
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    Norwegian Cruise Line Sees No Danger on the Horizon: We’re a long way into the current economic cycle and despite the potential for a slowdown, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio sees plenty of reasons to be cheerful.

    International Inbound U.S. Travel Growth Stuck in Slump: Beyond a slump for travel, it appears that experts expect a global economic cooldown to happen in coming years. People will always need to travel, but stagnant growth will present a problem for the industry in North America.

    Skift Forum Asia: The Travel Corporation Maps Plan to Sustainability. There’s a long road ahead to achieving environmental sustainability in the travel industry. It involves a lot of effort from companies, but travelers and governments have to get on board too.

    Photo Credit: Rendering of Leonardo, a new ship on order for Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian Cruise Line
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