Greater individuality among mega trends cruise ship designers have to focus on - Kulovaara
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- Published: 03 November 2014 03 November 2014
Mega trends that change the way how we live, work and spend our holidays will influence design cruise ships of the future, said Harri Kulovaara, EVP Maritime at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), the world's second largest cruise shipping company.
A mega trend towards greater individuality will be a major factor that designers of ships of the future will have to take into account. In practise, this will result e.g. in greater focus on learning and on health, he stated.
"When we design a ship today, we need to think ahead as it will have a life span of 30 years. Mega trends that affect personal needs and desires are very important in this respect. For example, boundaries between work and leisure time will be increasingly blurred in the future," Kulovaara told Cruise Business Online.
Meanwhile, Teijo Niemela, editor of Cruise Business Review, says that on its new Quantum of the Seas, the RCCL group's contemporary market unit Royal Caribbean International offers a package that allows a passenger to have one device constantly connected to the Internet for $160 for the duration of the entire eight night crossing from Southampton to Cape Liberty, New Jersey. The ship sailed from the UK port on Sunday.
NYK's cruise operations continue to improve results
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The cruise shipping operations of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), the Japanese shipping giant, have continued to improve their performance in the first half of the company's financial year.
Recurring profit more than doubled to JPY2.5 billion in six months to 30 September from JPY1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier. Revenues increased to JPY26.1 billion from JPY24.0 billion
"The load factors and sales per customer improved year on year for both Crystal Cruises in North America and Asuka Cruises in Japan. As a result, sales increased and the segment logged higher revenues and profit compared with the same period of the previous year," the company said in a statement.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines returns to profit in strong recovery
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, the UK based operator of four medium sized vessels, has returned to the black in the third quarter of the year on less discounting on the British market, parent company Bonheur ASA said in a statement.
Net profit in the third quarter amounted to NOK44 million compared to a loss of NOK12 million in the same period last year. Revenues increased to NOK474 million from NOK395 million.
In the first nine months of the current year, the company cut its net loss to NOK57 million from NOK100 million a year before, while revenues increased to NOK1.27 billion from NOK1.12 billion.
"The UK cruise market is still in a weak condition, but compared to the same quarter last year, with less price discounting. The number of passenger days totaled 322 175 (323 831) for the quarter. Net ticket income per diem was 4.5 % higher compared to the corresponding quarter last year. Bunker prices have decreased in the quarter," Bonheur said.
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