ROYAL Caribbean International’s New Zealand office is confident of achieving a strong sales performance during the upcoming summer season, building on a strong growth trajectory secured over the last 10 years. Speaking to Cruise Weekly late last week, Royal’s NZ Regional Manager Mark Kinchley said the local market would continue...
ROYAL Caribbean International’s New Zealand office is confident of achieving a strong sales performance during the upcoming summer season, building on a strong growth trajectory secured over the last 10 years.
Speaking to Cruise Weekly late last week, Royal’s NZ Regional Manager Mark Kinchley said the local market would continue to grow as its three brands expand the variety of options available.
“There is an increasing number of opportunities for Australians to experience cruises on their own door step and that will be the next big step forward that will see our numbers exponentially grow yet again,” Kinchley said.
One brand showing healthy life signs in NZ has been Royal’s expedition brand Azamara.
“Azamara has performed beyond everybody’s expectations and I think that success is down to people enjoying using the ship as a home base to discover destinations and the rebrand last week to its land facing product is also another string to our bow,” Kinchley said.
Kinchley also believes Celebrity Eclipse will provide a useful sales springboard, with the vessel gearing up to service a number of new Melbourne to NZ itineraries.
“With Eclipse coming out of Melbourne next season on quite a few runs…people down in Victoria have a wonderful chance to see the very best of NZ,” he said.
