The cruise business is huge. In truth, CLIA estimates it generates greater than $150 billion in financial exercise yearly all over the world. This week on Commerce Secrets and techniques, we’re specializing in one phase of that bigger business: small-ship cruising. Jamie Biesiada and visitor host Andrea Zelinski, Journey Weekly’s cruise editor, speak all issues small ships (and, spoiler, Tahiti) with Windstar Cruises‘ Chris Prelog and journey advisor Nancy Cutter.
This episode is sponsored by Windstar Cruises.
On this episode:
- . 1:51 – Meet our friends, Windstar’s Chris Prelog and journey advisor Nancy Cutter
. 3:30 – What’s small-ship cruising, anyway?
. 4:45 – Windstar is squarely throughout the small-ship class; who else sits there?
. 7:50 – Chris on returning Windstar’s crew after the Covid-19-mandated pause in cruising
. 9:14 – Who’s the perfect shopper for a small-ship product?
. 10:38 – What sort of passengers does Windstar sometimes host?
. 11:29 – Let’s speak Tahiti, and Windstar’s thirty fifth yr there
. 13:17 – What is the competitors like for the cruise market in Tahiti?
. 15:09 – The place are the 2 locations on the earth that significantly lend themselves to small-ship cruising?
. 17:20 – What has demand been like for small-ship cruises?
. 18:28 – Journey advisor Jade has a couple of questions for Chris. First, are there ever exceptions made for households with kids beneath 8?
. 19:30 – Chris on why Windstar requires 100% of passengers to be vaccinated towards Covid-19
. 20:12 – What vacation spot or itinerary of Windstar’s has the very best return charge?
. 21:11 – Will Windstar add extra North American sailings?
. 21:40 – Jade’s company is new to Windstar and she or he’s on the lookout for some distinctive advertising concepts
. 26:17 – Journey advisor Kleon is interested in Windstar’s determination to carry a bigger, non-sail ship into French Polynesia
Additional assets:
Windstar wants to put a bigger ship in Tahiti
Focus on Cruise: Windstar’s Tahiti turn
Ponant plans to build ship for Tahiti cruising
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