Cruise Business Development Safety, Product Design and Human Capital [Paperback]

Thisbook addresses innovation management and product development in the cruisetourism industry. It explains how experience management has evolved from astrictly company-level, product- or service-focused tactical task to anindustry-wide strategic challenge, and analyses the role of intangiblereputational aspects of cruise experiences, as well as peripheral componentsand stakeholders, as increasingly important factors for customer acquisitionand retention. Safety and risk issues are a central theme, as well as thecruise sectors environmental and socio-economic impacts. Lastly, the book considersthe increasing size of cruise vessels and the accompanying standardisation offacilities and itineraries, in conjunction with the hybridisation of cruisepassengers in connection with expanding the competitive boundaries and intensityof competition in the cruise sector. The book approaches these issues as morethan a mere public relations campaign, recognising the fact that they have sincebecome the very essence of strategic cruise business development.Part I: Cruise Safety.- Part II: Cruise Design - Business Models, Destinations and Products.- Part III: Human Capital - Training, Education and Research.

Prof. Dr. Alexis Papathanassis studied at the University of Bath and the London School of Economics (UK).?He completed his PhD in Economic Sciences at the Leibniz University (Hanover) in Germany.? Prior to joining fulltime academia, Alexis pursued a career at TUI. Upon his departure from the group as a business development manager with TUI Infotec, Alexis had already participated and successfully led various systems integration projects in six TUI subsidiaries around Europe. Since 2005, Alexis Papathanassis is a Professor for Cruise Management and e-Tourism at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. He currently acts as: Dean of the Faculty of Business Management & Services, Co-Director of the Institute for Maritime Tourism and Chairman of the Cruise Research ló+