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Old August 1st, 2006, 01:35 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
John Sisker
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To Whom It May Concern:

We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well.

Happy sailing,
John Sisker, SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
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Reports of accidents at sea, especially for a Florida-based line, are
threatening the $15 billion cruise industry, a U.S. newspaper says.

News of injuries and accidents are creating doubts about the safety of
cruise vacations, even as the industry points to a good statistical safety
record, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival Corp., is having an
especially rough year, the newspaper says. Its crew fought a serious fire at
sea in March, and two of its biggest ships tipped suddenly, injuring dozens
of people earlier this month and in February.

Overall, the industry's sales have slowed and discounts are up this year,
particularly for Caribbean vacations, which make up half of all cruises.
We've been pretty aggressive with promotions, said Royal Caribbean President
Adam Goldstein in a conference call for investors. That's sometimes what it
takes to fill the ships.

Ten cruise lines have their headquarters in Florida and 17,000 residents
work for cruise lines, about half of the industry's total workforce in North
America.


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Old August 1st, 2006, 10:05 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
Bucky
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John Sisker wrote:
News of injuries and accidents are creating doubts about the safety of
cruise vacations, even as the industry points to a good statistical safety
record, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.


And the occasional disease outbreak too.

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Old August 1st, 2006, 10:46 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
RichC
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"John Sisker" wrote in message
k.net...
To Whom It May Concern:

We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well.

Happy sailing,
John Sisker, SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
(714) 536-3850 or toll free at (800) 724-6644 & (pagoo ID: 714.536.3850)
www.shiptoshorecruise.com



Reports of accidents at sea, especially for a Florida-based line, are
threatening the $15 billion cruise industry, a U.S. newspaper says.

News of injuries and accidents are creating doubts about the safety of
cruise vacations, even as the industry points to a good statistical safety
record, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival Corp., is having an
especially rough year, the newspaper says. Its crew fought a serious fire
at sea in March, and two of its biggest ships tipped suddenly, injuring
dozens of people earlier this month and in February.

Overall, the industry's sales have slowed and discounts are up this year,
particularly for Caribbean vacations, which make up half of all cruises.
We've been pretty aggressive with promotions, said Royal Caribbean
President Adam Goldstein in a conference call for investors. That's
sometimes what it takes to fill the ships.

Ten cruise lines have their headquarters in Florida and 17,000 residents
work for cruise lines, about half of the industry's total workforce in
North America.


All we need now is a hurricane to really put a crimp in sales.


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Old August 2nd, 2006, 01:31 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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RichC wrote:

All we need now is a hurricane to really put a crimp in sales.



Hey .... I'm all for it! That would mean heavily discounted fares for
the rest of us! ;-)

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Old August 2nd, 2006, 02:36 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
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I suspect the pressure on Caribbean prices will continue for some time.
But that is just speculation based on how things are going over seas.


But these things go in cycles. What I sense, is that we are going to
hit a point with a few more missing people, or a couple major Norwalk
outbreaks, and the national media will decide it is time for a new
series of stories on the topics.

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