Articles tagged “royal caribbean”

Can a touch screen and on-ship Wi-Fi make cruisers feel connected? We're skeptical.

The cruise lines have realized that allowing its customers to communicate while traveling is good marketing and good business.

You can't bring a T-1 line with you at sea, but cruisers are connecting faster than ever before as cruise lines see a benefit to keeping communication quick and increasing customer loyalty.

The cause of a norovirus, whether it's a single passenger or malfunctioning dishwasher, is almost impossible to pinpoint making it tough for the CDC or cruise lines to say when, if ever, the risk will be mitigated.

Some Caribbean nations aren't nearly as cruise-dependent as the industry would have you believe, but others still rely heavily on the jobs and cash flow the ships provide.

The devil will indeed be in the details about the cruise lines' decision to begin publishing allegations about onboard crimes on their websites. This would be a big improvement in transparency for passengers, although the decision occurred with the prospect that Congress might have forced the cruise lines to do it anyway.

On the sales side, Royal Caribbean realizes it needs to use sophisticated marketing techniques and social media. The cruise line won't say it, but it also realizes that direct sales to consumers will become an increasing important part of its business.

Passengers aren’t buying hand-made trinkets and local cuisine as towns were led to believe, but funneling the money back into the cruise companies via excursions and on-ship purchases.

Cruises now tailor some itineraries for athletes and gym rats, so Cruise Critic has turned their expert and user lenses to rank lines based on facilities, activities, and healthy cuisine.

From a cruise line to a global hair salon business, a curious twist.