Cruice Cheat Sheet by wunir

- Cruise is more tourism than shipping

- 14 million passengers annually

- Three main categorie: Luxury, Premium and Standard

- Trends: Larger ships and Consol­idation

- 400 large ships, thousands smaller ones

- Large, expensive ships, Getting bigger

- Medium and small tailor made ships

- Smaller and older are used in low price market

- Carnival

- RCCL

- Star

- MSC

- TUI

- Regent

- 10% tickets

- 50% sales on board

- 40% games / entert­ainment / activities

- Difficult to earn money

- Economies of scale

- Strong internal rivalry

- Many substi­tutes for tourists

- Many newcomers

- Low negoti­ation power for suppliers

- Many small customers

- Seasons dependent

- Cyclical

- Complex staff on board and onshore

- Demand for high speed and comfort

- Safety