Cruises More Dangerous Than People Think and the Triumph Showed Warning Signs
After a few incredibly busy weeks in online travel, this past week was relatively quiet. Enjoy....more
Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending January 20, 2023, is below. A new online cruise booking platform garnered most of the attention this past week, together with announcements regarding the continuing...more
This week’s Update delves back into resort fees and includes a story detailing planned future regulation of the fees by the FTC. While resort fees may not technically be an “online issue,” potential federal regulation will...more
This week’s Update features stories on Kayak, Hopper (again) and Shiji, and includes an important privacy update from California on loyalty programs....more
On February 21, 2020, the cruise ship Grand Princess embarked from San Francisco, headed to Hawaii. Among the ship’s 3,533 passengers and crew were 62 people who had been exposed to COVID-19 on the ship’s immediate prior trip...more
Where markets fall precipitously, “stock-drop” lawsuits are sure to follow. Impacts of COVID-19 present the classic event-driven drop in stock price that is often the target of shareholder lawsuits. Thus far, the plaintiffs’...more
COVID-19 has produced an instant global economic shock. It is unclear whether the economic effects will be short-term – like the post-9/11 recession – or long-term – like the 2008 global financial crisis. We examine the...more
Introduction (Anchors Aweigh) - The cruise industry, with new ships and new product niches, has been the fastest growing segment of the leisure travel market over the last ten years....more