High Hopes for China Cruises

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Katie Hunt, 中国人涌上邮轮，航游业迎来春天. 纽约时报中文网, Sept 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/travel/20130907/c07travel/


, whcih is translated from

Katie Hunt, High Hopes for China Cruises. International Herald Tribune (Paris), Sept 2, 2013.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/0 ... html?pagewanted=all
(an overnight voyage out of Hong Kong that takes in skyscraper-studded Victoria Harbor before heading to sea for an evening of dining, shopping and shows. * * * the cruise, at 400 Hong Kong dollars, or about $52, is cheaper than a night at many of the city’s hotels")

Note:
(a) "Royal Caribbean, whose parent company is the world’s second-largest operator, with slightly more than 23 percent of all cruise passengers. (Carnival Corp is the largest, with a little more than 48 percent.)
(i) Royal Caribbean - Part 1. SN Guide, Ships Nostalgia, undated (SN stands for Ships Nostalgia).
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Royal_Caribbean_-_Part_1

first two paragraphs:

"The three leading cruise operators at the end of 2007 are Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Star / Norwegian Cruise Line. All began in Miami at the end of the 1960s or the early 1970s. Ted Arison initiated the formation of NCL, but after four years and a major disagreement with its owner Knut Kloster, he went on to found Carnival and become a billionaire. That history is set out in Carnival Corporation – Part1. Another American, Ed Stephan inspired the creation of Royal Caribbean.

"Amazingly, each of the three cruise industry leaders came into being almost accidentally, as a consequence of other and unconnected events. It is thought that Royal Caribbean would never have existed, had it not been for the passionate desire of a New York based Norwegian shipbroker for a female radio officer serving on a cruise ship operating out of Miami [the article did not name this couple]!

(ii) Norwegian Cruise Line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Cruise_Line
(Headquarters Miami-Dade County, Florida; Norwegian Cruise Line controls approximately 8% of the total worldwide share of the cruise market; "in 1966 by Knut Kloster [1929-; Norwegian] and Ted Arison, with just one 830-ton cruise ship/car ferry offering low-cost Caribbean cruises. Arison soon left to form Carnival Cruise Lines")

* Ted Arison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Arison
(1924-1999; born in Tel Aviv and died in Israel, US citizen (1950s-1990);
(iii) Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Caribbean_Cruises_Ltd.

is the parent company (based in Miami) that bought in 1997 and owns, among other cruise lines, Royal Caribbean International. The latter was founded in 1968 by Norwegians.
(iv) Carnival Cruise Lines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Cruise_Lines
(Founded 1972, by Ted Arison; Headquarters  Doral, Florida [a city in Miami-ade County])
(vi) 2013 World Wide Market Share. Cruise Market Watch, undated
http://www.cruisemarketwatch.com/market-share/
(CCL (including Carnival brand) 48.4%, RCL (including Royal caribbean brand): 23.3%, Norwegian* 7.6%, Star Cruises* 1.4%, Crystal 0.3%; [fotenote:] "* Norwegian Cruise Lines is jointly owned by Genting Hong Kong (owners of Star Cruises) and Apollo Management")

(b) Phuket Province
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phuket_Province
(section 1 Name)