Trends: New Ships, new trips and Europe

[as19111]

This appeared in our Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Thought you might find this of interest.

 

 

http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/20080210_New_ships__new_trips__Europe_beckoning.html

[Globaliser]

Long on cruise line press release regurgitation, and short of analysis: There is a huge expansion in capacity this year. But the economy is taking a bath in the US, and the cost of flying is going up and unlikely to be coming down any time soon. The UK is heading in the same direction as the US, soon to be followed by continental Europe.

 

When is the price war going to start? And who is going to be hurt?