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From Cruise Lines International Association as Reported in "Travel Weekly",
for 9/18 CLIA: Passenger volume humming (9/17/2003) By Rebecca Tobin NEW YORK -- More than 4.5 million cruise passengers worldwide, including nearly 4 million North Americans, cruised on Cruise Lines International Association-member lines during the first half of 2003, according to CLIA. That's a 13.6% increase over the first half of 2002. More than 2.3 million of those people cruised during second-quarter 2003, a 5.7% year-over-year jump. CLIA-member ships sailed at 100.7% occupancy during the first half of 2003--which CLIA executive director Bob Sharak said was because of "the joint efforts of the industry and its professional travel agent partners." Cliff Notes version: The cruise lines WILL keep the ships full. Rebounding demand has firmed pricing and we're seeing substantial increases over last year for many lines and itineraries. Prices are still no where near what they were ten years ago (still about half - balcony stateroom selling for what an inside cabin cost in 1993), but they're going up. The good news - It is unlikely that prices will EVER go back to ten year earlier levels in real dollars because the cruise lines (especially mass market) have changed the business model so that the ticket price reflects perhaps only 40% or less of the total revenue generated from the passenger. The remainder comes from what was euphemistically called "port charges" at one time and on-board revenue. In some cases, average on-board revenue per passenger for a seven-night cruise is close to the ticket cost and the cruise line profit from on board revenue is equivalent to a ticket price $600.00 to $900.00 per person higher. -- Charlie Funk Just Cruisin' Plus 800 888-0922 615 833-0922 www.justcruisinplus.com We prefer the MasterCard card |
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"Charlie Funk" wrote in message 2003--which CLIA executive director Bob Sharak said was because of "the joint efforts of the industry and its professional travel agent partners." Whenever I hear anyone from CLIA or the cruise lines refer to their "travel agent partners", I grab my wallet. vbg Silent partner, maybe... and certainly not equal partners. -- George in PA http://www.countryside-travel.com Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy 3 - Carnival Conquest http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm |
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Speaking of "hippocrits"
Aren't you the guy that works out of a duplex in Carpinteria and claims to be in Santa Barbara? At least George doesn't saturate the newsgroup with Press Releases just to advertise his cruise website. At least George doesn't give us a fake address for where his Travel Agency is located. At least George uses his real name. You got guts calling someone else a hypocrite!. PS. invest in a spell checker "Ray Golderberg" wrote in message news:dmVyYWNpdHk=.d8701d172a1d4544f67d56094f66adb4 @1063907171.cotse.net... George Leppla wrote: Whenever I hear anyone from CLIA or the cruise lines refer to their "travel agent partners", I grab my wallet. vbg Silent partner, maybe... and certainly not equal partners. But aren't you a CLIA Master Cruise Counselor? Isn't that your claim to fame? Doesn't that set you apart from those at home agents? Funny how you don't mind partnering up with anything that helps you like CLIA or Szeto or RCI but you are quick to trash them at the drop of a hat. You are the biggest hippocrit on rtc or maybe the whole internet. |
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This is Not Ray but RAT: Look at the email this is the same
mean SOB that has many email addresses and has been a mean troll. He/she or both is probably is home playing with themselves every time it posts. Mike "Paul" wrote in message ... Speaking of "hippocrits" Aren't you the guy that works out of a duplex in Carpinteria and claims to be in Santa Barbara? At least George doesn't saturate the newsgroup with Press Releases just to advertise his cruise website. At least George doesn't give us a fake address for where his Travel Agency is located. At least George uses his real name. You got guts calling someone else a hypocrite!. PS. invest in a spell checker "Ray Golderberg" wrote in message news:dmVyYWNpdHk=.d8701d172a1d4544f67d56094f66adb4 @1063907171.cotse.net... George Leppla wrote: Whenever I hear anyone from CLIA or the cruise lines refer to their "travel agent partners", I grab my wallet. vbg Silent partner, maybe... and certainly not equal partners. But aren't you a CLIA Master Cruise Counselor? Isn't that your claim to fame? Doesn't that set you apart from those at home agents? Funny how you don't mind partnering up with anything that helps you like CLIA or Szeto or RCI but you are quick to trash them at the drop of a hat. You are the biggest hippocrit on rtc or maybe the whole internet. |
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That post was NOT from Ray Goldenberg! "Paul" wrote: Speaking of "hippocrits" Aren't you the guy that works out of a duplex in Carpinteria and claims to be in Santa Barbara? At least George doesn't saturate the newsgroup with Press Releases just to advertise his cruise website. At least George doesn't give us a fake address for where his Travel Agency is located. At least George uses his real name. You got guts calling someone else a hypocrite!. PS. invest in a spell checker "Ray Golderberg" wrote in message news:dmVyYWNpdHk=.d8701d172a1d4544f67d56094f66adb ... George Leppla wrote: Whenever I hear anyone from CLIA or the cruise lines refer to their "travel agent partners", I grab my wallet. vbg Silent partner, maybe... and certainly not equal partners. But aren't you a CLIA Master Cruise Counselor? Isn't that your claim to fame? Doesn't that set you apart from those at home agents? Funny how you don't mind partnering up with anything that helps you like CLIA or Szeto or RCI but you are quick to trash them at the drop of a hat. You are the biggest hippocrit on rtc or maybe the whole internet. __ /7__/7__/7__ \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.cupcaked.com/reviews (...and leave off the "potatoes" to e-mail) |
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Looks like somebody caught a troll fish again.
"Paul" wrote in message ... Speaking of "hippocrits" Aren't you the guy that works out of a duplex in Carpinteria and claims to be in Santa Barbara? At least George doesn't saturate the newsgroup with Press Releases just to advertise his cruise website. At least George doesn't give us a fake address for where his Travel Agency is located. At least George uses his real name. You got guts calling someone else a hypocrite!. PS. invest in a spell checker "Ray Golderberg" wrote in message news:dmVyYWNpdHk=.d8701d172a1d4544f67d56094f66adb4 @1063907171.cotse.net... George Leppla wrote: Whenever I hear anyone from CLIA or the cruise lines refer to their "travel agent partners", I grab my wallet. vbg Silent partner, maybe... and certainly not equal partners. But aren't you a CLIA Master Cruise Counselor? Isn't that your claim to fame? Doesn't that set you apart from those at home agents? Funny how you don't mind partnering up with anything that helps you like CLIA or Szeto or RCI but you are quick to trash them at the drop of a hat. You are the biggest hippocrit on rtc or maybe the whole internet. |
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In article , Charlie Funk
wrote: Cliff Notes version: The cruise lines WILL keep the ships full. Rebounding demand has firmed pricing and we're seeing substantial increases over last year for many lines and itineraries. Prices are still no where near what they were ten years ag I just made a booking and I did not get the feeling that prices are much different than last year at this time. It would not be surprising to see an increase in prices if it does turn out the economy is on a sustained rebound and demand for cruises increases. I am not convinced that point has been reached yet. Prices still seem to be low. One factor keeping prices down is there are still a bunch of new ships coming online. -- Charles |
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