TALLAHASSEE - I-Disney Cruise Line ithe ngoMsombuluko izoqala ukukhokhisa abagibeli ukuze banciphise izindleko ezikhuphukayo zikaphethiloli, bahlanganyele nabo bonke abanye abaqhubi abakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha.
Inkampani ye-Disney's Celebration-based cruise inezinyanga eziningi ingafuni ukukhokhiswa uphethiloli, okuyinto eminye imizila yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eyaqala ukuyisebenzisa ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule. Kodwa umkhulumeli wakwaDisney uChristi Erwin Donnan uthe ukukhokhiswa imali sekuyisidingo njengoba amanani kawoyela aqopha umlando engakhombisi zimpawu zokwehla.
“Izindleko zikaphethiloli zisaqhubeka nokuthinta abaningi, nomthelela kithina uyafana,” kusho yena.
Kusukela ngokubhuka okwenziwe kusukela ngoMeyi 28, i-Disney izokhokhisa umgibeli wokuqala nowesibili endaweni ye-stateroom u-$8 ngosuku, kufikela ku-$112 umuntu ohambweni ngalunye. Noma yiziphi izihambi ezisele ekhabetheni zizokhokhiswa u-$3 ngosuku, kufikela ku-$42 umuntu.
Umndeni wabane abahlala ku-stateroom eyodwa uzokhokha enye i-$ 154 ngohambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
Inkokhelo ye-Disney ifana nenani elikhokhiswa i-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., umqhubi wesikebhe wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Ingaphezu kwenani elikhokhiswe umqhubi wesikebhe omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, i-Carnival Corp., eyaba inkampani yokuqala ukugunyaza inkokhiso kaphethiloli ngoNovemba 2007.
"Kuhambisana nemboni," kusho u-Erwin Donnan.
U-Erwin Donnan uthe i-Disney ihlose ukuqeda inhlawulo engeziwe kaphethiloli uma uwoyela usuchithe izinsuku ezingama-30 uhweba ngaphansi kuka-$70 umphongolo. Amafutha avaliwe ngo-$118.75 umgqomo ngoMsombuluko.
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