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Roberts tips UK ocean cruise to have topped 2m


Annual ocean cruise passenger numbers in the UK appear to have surpassed two million for the first time in 2018.


ony obert rince rie


 icereident and cairan of ia  tod te rae eey ine reafat t oo ie were on trac to eceed two iion aener. e oriina taret wa to do o by .” eite te ncertainty arond


reit obert aid e ee a ot of confidence in rowt and a e aont of inetent in crie.” t rince rie e aid e


ae an additiona  caacity for  aiin fro te .” obert reorted a wiinne


by coner to ay a itte ore for a crie” in  and . e aid oe of tat i becae eoe are booin earier. ere i ao a enera wiinne to ay a bit ore. ee een tat on a


$61bn


Global investment in new ships over the next six years


deartre and were continin to ee tat for .” e eted aerae booin


eadin tie wi increae” ayin e ad ood rowt in  and in  were crrenty aead in ter of or booed oition. ere i a continin trend for eoe to boo eary articary for er. ere i a reaiation tat if yo eae it to anary or ebrary yo it not et wat yo want.” obert inited tere wa no


ri of te crie ector rowin too fat to fi te increain caacity.


ROBERTS: ‘There is a continuing trend for people to book early’


e aid n ter of te oiday aret crie i ti ite a. rie bed are abot  of oba ote bed o wie it fee ie crie i rowin incrediby fat te rowt i iited by te nber of iyard tat can bid bi i. e oba order boo i for


 i oer te net i year. e yard are f. e cant row any fater becae te iyard caacity i not tere. e ee of inetent  biion in new i oer te net i year ow tere i confidence we contine to fi te i at te rit rice.”


‘Technology won’t supplant people in travel’


ecnooy wi not tae oer fro eoe in te trae ector ay indtry eader. rince rie ony obert


aid n or indtry tecnooy i oin to e  rater tan reace an interaction becae a erona eerience and an interaction are wat eoe reeber on oiday.” oa oo i ardner


aid e oation didnt rin after te indtria reotion did it toation i incrediby ef. n y word tecnooy


e ee aie ift in data and anaytic bt data wi ony tae yo o far. o need a an to interret it and ay i i ow to e tat inforation.” ed ow aer bine


WOOD: ‘Data will only take you so far. You need to interpret it’


can otiie rice at a fater rate tan a eron. t te araeter arond it reire anain by a eron. t not effficient.” antar  ion ood aid


can oerate in an increainy diita enironent dantae aa acey aid e a i not a wide a it ed to be. t i diffict wen tere are bi coanie ot tere wit bi bdet. t we roide byin ower and we can e eber fro a data and a eronaiation oint of iew.”


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Industry stalwarts voice support for troubled Cook


There was sympathy for Thomas Cook after the group issued two rofit warnin in te rn to annoncin a fyear o in ret at te end of oeber. rince rie ony


obert aid e ae etenie coercia an in ace wit oa oo. ere worin in artneri wit oo to ae re we ae a tron ea eaon. otin a reay caned. t i oin to ae an iact


bt fro a coercia and a artneri erectie it bine a a.” dantae aa acey aid


e now coanie can et ot of ti itation. e wor wit oo to e te et ot of it.”


GARDNER: ‘Chasing volume without an eye on price is threat’


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