Tony Loeb

🏖 Princess Cruises, in 2026, will double its Caribbean summer presence with ships at Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale, operating over 90 cruises. Caribbean Princess will offer 7-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, while Regal Princess will sail 7-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises, plus 8-day Southern Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale. Special itineraries include Caribbean Princess's 13-day voyage from Fort Lauderdale to Port Canaveral starting April 28, 2026, and Regal Princess's 14-day trip to New York. Princess canceled over three months of Crown Princess cruises in Australia from September 26, 2025, to January 12, 2026, due to a change in scheduled dry-dock maintenance.

✈ Ryanair announces a partnership with Trip.com and its platforms including TrainPal, TripBiz, BudgetAir, CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, Vayama, and Flugladen, ensuring travelers booking Ryanair flights via Trip.com provide contact and payment information directly to Ryanair. This enables access to the myRyanair account and essential flight information without additional verification. Dara Brady, Ryanair's CMO, emphasizes complete price transparency and direct access to bookings. Chee Teong Ooi, Group VP Global Flights Business at Trip.com and CEO of Travix, highlights a seamless and personalized booking experience through the combination of Ryanair's extensive network and Trip.com's innovative technology.

📍 Italian airport sector, led by ENAC President Pierluigi Di Palma, reported over 10% growth in the first half of 2024. Despite this success, Di Palma highlights a delay in infrastructure investments, exacerbated by exclusion from the Pnrr and the aftermath of COVID. To address this, Di Palma proposes an investment package exceeding 1.2 billion euros.

🏕️ Naples is witnessing a shift in tourist demographics, with 50% of tourists being millennials in 2023, predicted to rise to 70% by 2030. Gianna Mazzarella, head of Tourism at Confindustria Naples, urges a change in tourism models to meet their needs. Gino Acampora of Fiavet Campania notes high prices are pushing millennials away, citing a 500 euro room not justifying a poor experience like the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii. A marketing revamp is needed as the over-65 segment shrinks and millennials book online, often last minute. Despite a 10-15% drop in attendance during Ferragosto compared to 2023, September and October show positive trends, maintaining Naples as a dream destination, especially with direct flights from Capodichino.