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Selling the Sea Bob Dickinson

Selling the Sea By Bob Dickinson

Selling the Sea by Bob Dickinson


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Selling the Sea, Second Edition offers readers an overview of the cruise line industry and step-by-step coverage of how to effectively market the cruising experience. This second edition features new coverage of how technology has impacted the industry, new niche markets in cruising (i.e.

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Selling the Sea: An Inside Look at the Cruise Industry by Bob Dickinson

An insider's view of how the cruising business operates

Selling the Sea offers a complete picture of the cruise line industry along with step-by-step coverage of how to effectively market the cruising experience. This updated Second Edition features new coverage of how technology has impacted the industry, new niche markets in cruising, and expanded material on shipbuilding and design. It also includes insightful interviews with today's captains, social directors, food and beverage managers, and cruise line executives who have hands-on experience at the day-to-day workings of a cruise ship.

About Bob Dickinson

Bob Dickinson, President and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines, is one of the leisure travel industry's most accomplished and respected leaders. At the helm of the world's most popular cruise line, Dickinson oversees 37,000 employees and twenty-two cruise ships that carry more than 3 million passengers annually. He is the recipient of numerous professional accolades including being named to the Travel Industry Association of America's Hall of Leaders, as well as one of America's top marketers by Advertising Age magazine.

Andy Vladimir is Associate Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Management at Florida International University School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. He is the former director of tourism for the Government of Bermuda, and a well-known business and consumer travel writer who specializes in covering the cruise industry.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Chapter 1 Casting Off: The Evolution from Steamship Transportation to Cruising as a Vacation.

Chapter 2 Coming About: The Foundation of the Modern Cruise Industry.

Chapter 3 Life on the Ocean Wave: Living and Working Aboard Modern Cruise Ships.

Chapter 4 Home on the Rolling Deep: Case Studies in Backstage Management.

Chapter 5 Getting Underway: The Public Discovers Cruising Vacations.

Chapter 6 Your Cruise Line GPS: Positioning and Differentiation of Cruise Lines.

Chapter 7 Now Hear This: Marketing Communications A View from the Bridge.

Chapter 8 Pieces of Eight: Making Money on the High Seas.

Chapter 9 Booking Passage: A Fresh Look at Today s Travel Agent.

Chapter 10 Bob & Andy s Vacation Store: Selling the Sea The Way We d Do It.

Appendix CLIA Member Cruise Lines.

Index.

Additional information

CIN0471749184G
9780471749189
0471749184
Selling the Sea: An Inside Look at the Cruise Industry by Bob Dickinson
Used - Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20070518
352
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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