Even I get the chills when almost daily headlines proclaim increasingly dire forecasts for the airline industry.  The cruise industry is heavily dependent on air traffic and even before the fuel increase, had a hard time getting seats for all the passengers who fly to a ship’s home port to take a cruise.
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It seems like only yesterday when crude oil hit the $100 per barrel mark but it is around $133 now with analysts predicting it may continue to climb.  And, American Airlines announced that, effective June 15, it will begin charging $15 for the first checked bag on domestic flights. American will further cut costs by firing thousands of employees [...]

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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) gave journalists a state of the cruise industry report today and, in short, everything is going gangbusters. 
In 2007, 12.52 million people took a cruise worldwide, an increase of 4.6% over the previous year.   Occupancy averaged 105% (including third- and fourth-berth passengers); that number is expected to increase “slightly” in 2008. 
In 2008, CLIA-member cruise [...]

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Since the cruise industry takes the week between Christmas and New Years as vacation, I must rely on the general media for news.  Cruise ships and Paris Hilton are similar: anything that happens is big news.   
Apparently the British consider a ship cursed if the bottle of champagne smacked against the hull fails to break.  So imagine the British press’ [...]

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