In the beginning, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has been an innovative brand. The company started in the year 1968. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise line company that owns and operates three global brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Azamara Club Cruises. Together, these brands operate a combined total of 49 ships with an additional 13 on order. (Royal Caribbean Cruises, 2018). The company of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates diverse itineraries around the world that call on approximately 535 destinations on all seven continents. In this section of the project will attempt to identify the key issues that Royal Caribbean Cruises faces. In addition, this section will identify potential long-term objectives. …show more content…
has three brands under their flag is still not close to having that same ability to be able to compete with that level of differentiation between their products. While this may be true it is still possible for them to go after a more distinct and refined service that targets specific growing markets such as the ever-growing number of their guests being part of the generation known as baby boomers. This demographic of our guests is alone is seeing over 10,000 baby boomers reaching retirement age every day. (The Motley Fool, 2017). This is a great opportunity for Royal Caribbean to create a focused marketing strategy and unique experiences to cater to this distinct market. Our strategy to capitalize on the growing population of baby boomer is to target them through culturally enriching experiences as well as through targeted marketing. Our goal is to increase the number of baby boomer cruising by 20%, starting from the base year of the end of 2018 to January …show more content…
With other companies like Carnival able to control such a large number of ships giving them the best ability and diversification. With this kind of competitive advantage over Royal Caribbean, it is up RCL to start targeting specific growing markets such as the incoming baby boomers. We will accomplish this by creating culturally enriching experiences that studies show there is a growing need in the cruise line industry, especially within that age groups. Royal Caribbean with the help of these long-term objectives has a firm and secure path forward knowing exactly where we are going and how we are going to get
The authors have a great amount of credibility because Marcia Taylor was the Division of Resort and Hospitality Management and Clive Muir was a part of the College of Liberal arts. The problem in the Caribbean was that they did not receive as much tourism as their leading competition. The authors state that “Other countries have developed culinary tourism initiatives and program[s],” which was something the Caribbean lacked (135). The Caribbean eventually began also to include visiting local restaurants, attending cooking classes and festivals to their agenda to improve their tourism. The authors gain credibility to discuss this topic because of the research they have done.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TD Corporation is preparing to launch a new department store specifically for party supplies called Party City. Party City is positioned world wide by the slogan “Nobody Has More Party For Less” – indicating that the store offers more in the way of desirable product features and benefits at a competitive price. TD is taking advantage of the lack of resources for this market on the island. Party City will target multiple age structures of the population because the various events that are planned throughout an individual’s life-cycle. Other target markets will include those from the Psychographic and Behavioral segments.
Situation Nanda has designed an innovative alarm clock named Clocky. Clocky has a unique function that it can jump off a nightstand and roll around the room to wake people up, arousing attention and interests of the public. However, Clocky is still a prototype and it was not yet commercially available. Precise marketing positioning, promotion means, distribution channels and pricing are crucial in order to make profit from the sale of Clocky. This report includes the evaluation of the current marketing strategy adopted for Clocky as well as suggestions of marketing segmentation in Hong Kong.
In term of expand the routes, this is more benefit for the star cruises because they increase their revenue but the expenses still remain the same so actually they gain more profit. If star cruises increase the routes, the more people traveling with so when they become a star cruises member, they can enjoy a variety of privileges, such as reward points and redeem your birthday month discount off cabin rate. They can also enjoy discounts and other privileges upon presentation of your membership card when shopping and dining at selected merchant outlets in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia. Moreover, the packages for the middle class are too costly. For aged like 18-25, they cannot afford price that over their budget so what star cruises can do is offers different type of reasonable packages for the middle class so they would spend their time in a cruise vacation.
Weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation: In order to determine cost of capital, first we need to find out cost of equity and cost of debt. For determining the cost of equity we need to determine the beta for the target leverage ratio. According to the information provided by exhibit 3 equity beta is estimated at 0.97 when equity-to-total capital ratio is 0.59. Therefore we need to find unlevered beta value so that we can find firm’s equity beta at the desired leverage ratio as mentioned in Table A. Tax bracket of 44% is used based on ratio of income taxes to income before income taxes (175.9/398.9) in Exhibit 1.
This is a threat and an easy opportunity for other cruise line companies. They can come in at a lower sales point to bring in more business, and provide a similar experience for a smaller operating
Competitive advantage is when two or more firms compete within the same markets, one firm possess a competitive advantage over its rival when it earns (or has potential to earn) a persistently higher rate of profit. There are three types of competitive advantage. a) Cost leadership strategy occurs when a firm a delivers the same services as its rivals but at a lower price. b) The differentiation strategy occurs when a firm delivers greater services for the same price of its rivals. c) Focus strategy is a focused approach requires the firm to concentrate along one specific segment either a cost leadership or a specialization strategy.
Political Analysis and Factors The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regards non-alcoholic beverages such as Coca Cola as within the food category. The government regulates the manufacturing procedure of these products. Companies that fail to meet the government 's standards are subject to fines. Coca Cola is also subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act and to local, state, federal, and foreign environmental regulation.
Loyalty b. Profitability c. Growth Organization Strategy of Marriott International Inc. Marriott is a worldwide franchiser and operator of hotels .They have unique competency in their business. They used various strategies which made them distinctive from other players of hospitality.
Demographics are used by governments, corporations and non-government organizations to learn more about a population 's characteristics for many purposes, including policy development and economic market research. In additional, the demographic environment is major interest to Apple marketer because it involves people and people make up markets. Demographic trends are also important, as the size of different demographic groups will change over time as a result of economic, cultural and political circumstances. 1- Income level and employment
In their Crystal Cruises, you will be able to glimpse the majestic and icy wilderness in your voyage from Vancouver to Anchorage, and back. Or you can indulge in a rich and exotic expedition to Greece, Bahamas, Costa Rica or other foreign places while you sip champagne of your chosen Cruise ship. However, “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” as Eugene Fodor said.
Introduction FlyDubai is a low cost airline that was established at the heart of the global recession by optimistic investors. The airline flight coverage is to regions that are within five hours margin of flying from Dubai. The airline was established by the Emirates government. The airline is not a competitor to the major airlines but poses competition to other low cost airlines. This marketing audit aims at looking at the potential markets for the airline and establishing ways of being established in them.
The cruise industry has been experiencing an important expansion in past 20 years. Cruises tourism are popular in the United States and in 2007, 10 million Americans took a cruise vacation representing 76 % of the total cruise passengers of the World and is expected 51 million of them cruising in the next there years (CLIA, 2008). Nowadays, there are about 300 liners sailing the world 's seas, with further 35 ships scheduled to join the global fleet over the next four years representing investments over U$D 20 billion. The cruise tourism is one of the popular tourism activities and uses natural environment as a key product.
The three segments have different needs and expectations, and Intercontinental Hotels brands are designed as solutions for all these needs. Market differentiation is done to determine these segments and hence the appropriate brand. As such, the company is able to provide the different markets with variations of the same service and hence give every consumer a sense of integration into the brand. Differentiation allows the services offered in a particular segment to be more attractive to the target customers and also differentiate it from a
The Caribbean is a place where most of the countries share the history. It is a history that is deeply embedded with loss and struggle. Over the course of history, the Caribbean has been through a lot of stages from slavery, colonialism come right down to independence and post-independence. With slavery, the blacks were introduced, then we have the Europeans and of course the Indians came with the indenture ship program. Since the Caribbean has such a diverse array of cultures and ethnic groups, it is expected that these groups will leave their own impact on the society as a whole.