Articles tagged “cruise lines”

Carnival Corp. CEO Josh Weinstein is practically throwing confetti from the upper deck about 2025's prospects. For now, all the numbers and forecasts seem to support his optimism.

If your customers are leaving your ships to go spend money on beaches, you should own the beaches. That's the apparent logic of cruise line operators like Royal Caribbean in building private destinations. It's like vertical integration for vacations.

There is a subset of luxury travelers who are taking to the water to find remote, interesting areas that aren’t mobbed. And increasingly, they aren’t opting for hyper-luxe, large scale cruises.

Royal Caribbean Group's CEO Jason Liberty has a strategy to push his customer base upmarket. Liberty believes there's more willingness among consumers to pay more for premium leisure travel than previously assumed.

Norwegian Cruise Line's story is essentially "everything is great and we're being careful to keep it that way for as long as possible."

Young travelers are flocking to cruise ships, and Royal Caribbean is cashing in by creating private ports and islands as new attractions.

In a recent ballot initiative, Juneau’s residents expressed frustration with cruise tourism.

Even though their ballot measure has been defeated, some Juneau locals sent a message to city and industry leadership more needs to be done to address overtourism.

Alaska's success for Carnival, the world's largest cruise company, points to the ongoing popularity of the cruise industry.

Today's podcast looks at Juneau's new cruise ban attempt, Elliot Investment's new reveal for Southwest, and Etihad Airway's new routes.