Essays on Cruise Ship

FTOs (Foreign Terrorist Organizations) are foreign groups that the Secretary of State designates “in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). The designation of FTOs is crucial to fighting terrorism and helps to curtail support for terror activities. Accordingly, section 219 provides criteria for the legal designation of FTOs. First, an organization must be foreign-based in order to be labeled as an FTO. Secondly, the group must be involved in terrorist operations or maintain “the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). Thirdly, the terror activity ...

The Need for A Vacation

According to Gump & Matthews (2000) and Hartig et al. (2013), the growing demands that people endure from their daily jobs to other responsibilities, there is very little time for them to fully recover. As such, workers tend to suffer from accidents, distress, illness and other issues. The costs associated with restoration that is insufficient is rather on the high side in both the short term as far as well as in the long term. Employers are continually seeking ways to improve the lives of their employees by mitigating the problems related to overwork and the like. These provisions that ...

While thinking of people who have faced death courageously, the one name that keeps coming to mind is Paul Rossington, an Australian paramedic who leapt from a cruise liner soon after his girlfriend, Kristen Schroder, slipped and fell from the balcony of the cabin they were sharing. The decision of Mr. Rossington to jump over the balcony in a bid to save her girlfriend while knowing that his action would most likely end his life is a an epitome of selflessness. The fact that the two were in a turbulent relationship and the emergence of reports showing that their ...

Introduction

David Foster Wallace was an American writer whose work includes novels, essays, and short stories. He is a professor of creative writing. His most famous work was his novel Infinite Jest, and The Pale Cream. He has been recognized by various institutions and persons for his elaborate work in the development of English literature. Wallace work include both fiction and non-fiction work. His work is mostly concerned in moving beyond the metafiction and the irony that is associated with postmodernism. Some of his other nonfiction works include the John McCain 2000 presidential bid and the September 11 attacks. We ...

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Introduction

Cruise ships are used to take vacationers on recreational voyages. The ships provide amenities that enhance the passengers experience such as lounging facilities, cinemas, indoor sports, swimming pools, and music concerts among others. Cruise ships usually take the vacationers on a round trip through a given number of destinations, which usually include a number of coastal downs, before returning them to the port of origin. The cruise industry started in the early 1970s and was widely embraced in 1971 as a viable tourist attraction when a ship known as the Pacific Princess was featured in ...

NCL Management

The productivity of the NCL is measurable through the profit turnouts. This is because it is after competing with the other ship transportation networks in the global markets. As a manufacturing and distribution industry, the cruise ships aims at becoming productive as the standards of travelling become competitive through various means. Therefore, to meet its profitability, the NCL productivity is measurable. This aspect is more important because the companies are competing on more and efficient modes of transport where the goods and labour exportation by the consumers are performed under the same levels of capital and the labour. Greater ...

2013 Adventure Lane

St. Paul, Minnesota 55107

48211 North Central Place

Detroit, Michigan 48207

Dear Mrs. Smithson, I would like to thank you for your e-mail and interest in the Sunbright Travel Agency’s services. Taking a cruise is one of the best vacation options in the summer and in this letter I would like to offer a cruise that will be right for you and your daughter. Because you live in Detroit, I would suggest looking for the cruises which start in the destinations that are relatively close to you. The Royal Caribbean Company, which is one of the best companies in cruising, offers the ...

Introduction

A lot of things can happen to a ship after it has departed from a seaport and left to travel against the waves of the ocean on its own. This is where the purpose of maritime safety and risk management comes in. Its purpose is to educate officers and crew members of a ship on how to react to certain risks, or in the worst case scenario a certain crisis. In general, the objective of a maritime safety and risk management is to ensure that the current maritime risk does not escalate into a crisis, and if it already did, mitigate the probable effects of ...

Introduction

Tourism is comparatively recent development in the Far North. In the last 15 years, the numbers of tourists have been increasing to experience the spectacular wildlife, landscapes and pursue the unique settings of Arctic. In the year 2000, the Arctic tourist count has reached above 1.5 million, with the northern Fennoscandia drawing around 70% of them. The Arctic cruise ship traffic has increased from 50 ships in the year 2004 to around 250 in 2007, most of them in Greenland and Nunavut (Canada). Most of the tourists travel to Arctic during the summers, when they can enjoy and pursue ...

Carnival PLC is a cruise company which carries out its operations in places like North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. It is the largest cruise ship operator in the world which owns 11 brands of cruise lines. The company also offers numerous holiday and vacation products to a base of customers with different tastes and preferences. These customers come from different backgrounds, communicate in different languages as well as having different ways of spending their leisure time. In addition, the company is in ownership of a tour company that complements the operations of the cruise. The tour company combined with all the ...

The principles of persuasion apply to a variety of forms of written communication and always complement most other section like in advertising in creating a societal interest in a particular thing. The general principles apply to a couple of situations that involve oral communication and can thus apply to most situations that do not involve on one interactions.. As you read further, it may help you to think of applications to both oral and written situations of persuasion, one my come across oneself. Persuasive communication situation entails the following: (a) a communicator , who uses (b) a format to convey (c) a message to (d) an audience. We should ...

Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism

Introduction Traveling away from one’s home for the point of pleasure, leisure, business, or religious obligation has progressed from ancient times to its contemporary form. This diverse industry generates income and jobs all around the world, for both less economically developed nations and the world’s super powers in Europe, North America, and across Asia. In the US alone, tourism generated 1.4 billion US dollars in the year 2013 with the most popular tourism spots being New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014). These places have a high level of ...

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and James Cameron’s Titanic are two of the most well known stories in our history. Romeo and Juliet is a very famous play that has been reproduced for hundreds of years and has been made into many movies and adaptations. Titanic the movie is an adaptation of real-life events and many different stories have been told about the sinking of the ship and the lives it affected. There are many similarities between the two stories, which will be discussed in this essay. The most obvious similarity between the two stories is that the ...

Operating in Fort Lauderdale will be an extremely challenging task due to the high competition that is currently prevailing in the Fort. The night cruise ship will have to face the stiff competition from other ships operating in the port as every ship strives to offer highly differentiated and exclusive services that meets the consumer needs, tastes and preferences and attract new customers and especially the tourists who flock the place on a day-to-day basis (Trout & Rivkin, 2010). Bimini superfast cruise ship will be a major competitor whose effects shall have to be countered to avoid it from threatening the ...

One of the most important parts for businesses in successfully selling a product or service is creating advertisements that appeal to and persuade prospective customers. Businesses invest a lot of time, money, and research into understanding who their customers and future target audiences are, the desires of these customers, and how best to showcase their products and services to appeal to customers. In these three examples of print advertisements for cruise ship companies, there are similarities and differences; however, they are designed to appeal to different types of customers and this can be understood by analyzing the images and style of ...

Executive summary

As the newly appointed head of the travel and hotel support operations strategic unit of this company, I have thoroughly schemed through these units activities and would like to present my suggestions on some of the changes that need to be made in the company’s operational activities. My role as the head of the operations strategic unit is to manage the product portfolio of this unit. The operations unit is responsible for providing all the services offered by this company to its various clients. I have scrutinized my area of control and have come up with a concrete proposal ...

Crises are sudden and unexpected events which are at times uncontrollable. However, with appropriate approach and strategy, most of its negative impact is mitigated. Crisis management is a relatively new field of management that deals with handling unpredicted and sudden changes in an organization culture. It is a form of management that responds to a threat towards an individual, a group of people or an organization. Crisis management includes forecasting a possible crisis and planning on how to deal with them effectively. It is widely accepted that at times a business entity would face a crisis that would deviate the normal course of the business operations. ...

Market leaders

The modern cruise industry started to develop in the between 1960 and early 1970 where the establishment of Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International in 1972 and 1968 respectively. This two leading cruise liners have remained the largest cruise line and the market leaders in the industry. Since then, the cruise line services were considered as activities for the elite. It is due to this reason that the two leading companies came up with an idea to establish and enhance mass market. This was achieved through economies of scales where the large ships were developed to hold more ...

The cruise industry and its environmental practices have caused much havoc and controversy over the past decade. Although the cruise ship industry is among the fastest developing and most noticeable segments of the travel industry, it has developed a negative image in people’s minds regarding when it comes to environment (Sweeting & Wayne 1). There are several significant challenges faced by the cruise industry that need to be solved as soon as possible. To begin with, cruise ships are mostly power-driven by diesel fuel. However, a mixture of gases that consists of “carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ...

Introduction:

The cruise industry is a hugely important arm for tourism and has grown quite phenomenally in recent years. In fact one can say that this industry is probably the fastest growing one for tourism although bargain airlines and cheap travel also have a huge say in the matter. However one must admit that cruise liners are not something which is relatively new as these have been the case in the past. I remember going to St Nazaire in France some years back, which was an important port for cruise liner departures to the American continent both pre war and even ...