Cruise Industry News reports the following at Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific . . .
“We are not all-inclusive,” said Naohiko Yamaguchi, director of Tokyo-based Mitsui OSK Passenger Line.
However, tickets cost an average of $500 a night, with voyages mainly marketed to affluent Japanese consumers for cruises on its 1990-built Nippon Maru. The line charges for alcohol, specialty dining, the spa, laundry, internet, shopping and shore excursions.
Speaking during the Localizing Onboard Experience and Revenue panel at the 2012 Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific conference and trade show in Singapore, Yamaguchi said that Mitsui makes 90 percent of its revenue off ticket prices, with an additional seven percent made onboard and three percent on optional shore excursions.
Japanese flag restrictions mean no onboard casino, said Yamaguchi, instead, the ship has what he called an “imitation casino” where passengers can win points for prizes in the gift shop.
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