I-MIAMI, Fla.- I-Carnival Cruise Lines imise irekhodi lokubhukha iviki elilodwa lezihambeli ezingu-165,308 phakathi kukaFeb. 7-13, 2011, idlula irekhodi langaphambilini lokubhukha lesonto elilodwa elabekwa cishe eminyakeni emine edlule.

Ukubhukha bekusezingeni elingakaze libonwe kulo lonke imikhumbi yolayini, esebenza ohambweni lwezinsuku ezintathu kuya kweziyi-16 lusuka ezinhlobonhlobo zamachweba asekhaya aseNyakatho Melika kanye nezikebhe zase-Europe.

UMongameli weCarnival kanye ne-CEO uGerry Cahill waphawula ukuthi ngenkathi umnotho uthuthuka, abathengi basafuna ukubaluleka - okungenye yezinto ezimbalwa ezikhuthaza umsebenzi wokubhuka amarekhodi. Ubalule ukwesekwa okuqinile kwe-ejenti yezokuvakasha kanye nezinhlelo ezihlosiwe zokumaketha nezokuthengisa ezifana nomkhankaso kazwelonke wenkampani we-TV we-“Didja Ever” kanye nenkundla yezokuxhumana, kanye ne-“72-Hour Sale” enikeza ukuthuthukiswa okuncomekayo.

"Ngokusobala, abathengi basebenzisa inani elimangalisayo elihlinzekwa yi-Carnival cruise, hhayi kuphela mayelana nesipiliyoni sethu esijabulisayo se-board kodwa futhi izindawo zethu eziningi eziseduze zokusuka eziseduze nekhaya kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zohambo olufushane," kusho uCahill. . “Lo msebenzi uqinisekisa ukuthi ngisho nasesimweni somnotho sanamuhla, abathengi basafuna ukuzijabulisa futhi babheke amaholide abo njengengxenye ebalulekile yokuphila kwabo,” enezela.

I-Carnival “Iwumugqa Odume Kakhulu Emhlabeni Wokuhamba Ngemikhumbi®,” “Nemikhumbi Ejabulisayo” engu-22 esebenza ohambweni lwezinsuku ezintathu kuya kweziyi-16 oluya e-Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Panama Canal, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe. , iziQhingi zasePacific naseNew Zealand.

Ulayini njengamanje unemikhumbi emibili emisha engamathani ayi-130,000 e-oda - I-Carnival Magic, ezoqala ukukhonjiswa e-Europe ngoMeyi 1, 2011, kanye neCarnival Breeze, ehlelelwe ukungena enkonzweni entwasahlobo ka-2012.

Naphezu komnotho oyinselele, i-Carnival Cruise Lines ibika amanani okubhuka aqinile njengoba abazoba eholidini basebenzisa amanye amanani eholide ahamba phambili eminyakeni edlule.

Isikhathi seviki elilodwa esiphele ngomhla ka-Mashi 1, 2009, iCarnival iqophe inani eliphezulu kakhulu lokubhukha kweviki lonke emlandweni wayo. Ukwengeza, ngokwesisekelo sokuqongelela kusukela maphakathi noJanuwari, ingqikithi yokubhukha ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-10 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2008, nakuba intengo ikumazinga aphansi. Inkathi yamagagasi ngokuvamile iqala phakathi noJanuwari kuya ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo futhi ngokuvamile iyinkathi ematasa kakhulu, ebaluleke kakhulu yokubhuka embonini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.

Umsebenzi wokubhuka wamarekhodi weviki elidlule uhlanganise yonke imikhumbi yemikhumbi engu-22 yolayini, esuka ezindaweni ezikahle, eziya ezikhumulweni zasekhaya kulo lonke elase-US.

U-Gerry Cahill, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Carnival, uthi ukwanda kokubhukha kubangelwe ozakwethu be-ejenti yezokuvakasha kanye nokwazisa kwabathengi ngevelu engokwemvelo kanye nokufinyeleleka kweholide “Lomkhumbi Ojabulisayo”, kanye nemizamo yokumaketha enonya. Phakathi kweziteshi zokumaketha ezisetshenziswayo ukusakaza, i-imeyili, kanye ne-inthanethi, kanye namaphromoshini okuthengisa aqondiwe, okuhlanganisa ukuthengisa kosuku olulodwa.

“Lo msebenzi wokubhuka amarekhodi, nakuba ungamanani aphansi, uyakhuthaza impela. Kusitshela ukuthi naphezu kwesimo somnotho esingaqinisekile, abathengi ngokusobala badinga ukuzijabulisa okwengeziwe ekuphileni kwabo futhi babheke amaholide abo njengengxenye ebalulekile nedingekayo yalokho,” kusho uCahill. “Futhi inhlanganisela engenakuqhathaniswa yeCarnival yekhwalithi, ukuthengeka, kanye nobumnandi kanye nezindawo eziningi zokusuka eziseduze nekhaya kanye nokukhetha okuhle kakhulu kwezinketho zohambo olufushane embonini, kwenza uhambo lwe-'Fun Ship' lube indawo ekahle yokubalekela abathengi banamuhla," usho kanje. kwengezwe.