Never confuse a good theory with facts George! ;)
"George Leppla" wrote in message
news:fcj7nc02u8c@news1.newsguy.com...
>
> "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.
>
>
> --
> 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
>
>
|