"Jay Furr" wrote
> Just as chains such as Westin and Sheraton have banned smoking *entirely*
> from their properties and seen business go up, I'm not going to be a bit
> surprised if one or more cruise lines acts likewise. If a cruise line
> advertised completely smoking-free cruises we'd give them all our
> business.
Do you remember that Carnival once had a ship that was completely
non-smoking? It was a great experiment but the ship was the lowest profit
maker in their fleet, mainly because of lack of group business. Almost
every group has at least a few smokers so those groups went on other ships.
Not enough non-smokers booked individually to make up the loss... so after
trying the non-smoking concept for about two years, the Paradise became a
smoking ship.
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George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com
January 20, 2008 - GGC2008 - http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm
October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm
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