The world’s most populous country is increasingly becoming one of the US cruise sector’s biggest growth targets.
As a case in point, behemoth Carnival is not just moving its fourth ship to China next year. It is also moving one of its five top executives to Shanghai, namely chief operations officer Alan Buckelew.
The move comes at a time when increasing support from the Chinese government and huge untapped potential is seen as helping the cruise pricing and profitability gains that the Miami-based cruiseship giants so covet.
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