Given a wave of wealth, luxury hotel brands are offering seaworthy products to expand their brand ecosystems while enhancing guest loyalty and enticing younger consumers. Profits, according to some experts, are almost beside the point at this point.
The Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Aman are brands associated with land-based hospitality.
But the triad of luxury hotel operators, along with Accor’s Orient Express brand, are bringing their motifs of opulent style and obsequious service to the high seas.
Piers Schmidt contributes to Laura Powell’s piece ‘Hotels on the High Seas’, her deep dive for Hospitality Investor published on 29 March 2024.
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