A report in Travel Weekly US suggests the chill wind of the economic downturn is starting to blow around the cruise lines.
Johanna Jainchill's report talks of downsizing staff and budget cuts at Royal Caribbean in response to rising fuel costs and says sources say the line wants to trim the payroll by 10%.
RCCL's vice-president of corporate communications Lynn Martenstein admitted they are under pressure to control costs.
Like most companies today, we are redoubling our efforts to find savings, but we have not announced any specific actions.
Hot on the heels of news that Susan Hooper, managing director EMEA, is resigning one can't help putting two and two together and coming up with, well, four.
I feel a definite reorganisation in the air.
Jane Archer
