In article , George Leppla
wrote:
> 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.
That was one ship, on one itinerary on one cruise line several years
ago. I think it was a set up by Carnival planned to fail. You have to
have the same smoking policies fleet wide. Non-smoking cruise fleets
are coming. It is only a matter of time. The public will demand it.
I enjoyed my cruise on the Azamara Journey even more because they only
had two smoking areas, one outside and one in one of the lounges.
Before I went I thought that was okay but even that is somewhat
problematic. A complete smoking ban would be better. A complete ban we
may not see for ten years but the kind of severe limitations like on
Azamara is going to happen in the next few years.
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Charles |