Ke mālama nei lākou i nā kikoʻī ma lalo o ka wahī, akā hiki i ka Daily Echo ke hōʻike e ʻike ʻo Virgin Holidays Cruises iā Southampton ma ke ʻano he pahuhopu nui no ka hoʻonui ʻana ma 2010.
ʻO ka lima hoʻomaha hoʻomaha holo moana o ka hui Virgin nui i ʻike iā ia iho i lilo i mea pāʻani nui ma ka mākeke holo moana ma 2009.
Akā ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o kāna hoʻonui ʻana i kēia manawa i loko o nā moku holo moku mai ka lele a me ka mākeke holo moana, ʻoiai hoʻi ma ka Caribbean a me Mediterranean, ke ʻimi nei ka hui e hoʻonui i kāna makana mai Southampton.
Hoʻomaopopo ka neʻe ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka ikaika o ke awa ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaka no nā mea kūʻai aku hoʻomaha holo moana ma UK. Akā i kēia manawa ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Virgin i ko lākou mau umauma i kā lākou mau hana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻohana pono i ka miliona miliona a me nā mea kūʻai moku holo moku e hoʻohana i ke awa ma 2010.
"E ʻōlelo wale kākou he wahine ʻo Virgin," wahi a Leslie Peden, ka luna hoʻomalu o Virgin Holidays Cruises.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo i nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mākeke holo moku mai UK a me ka ʻāpana a Southampton e pāʻani ai i kēlā. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka waiwai hou no nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi nei e huakaʻi mai Southampton.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Peden ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka moku holo moana nui loa o ka honua, ʻo Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, kahi hoʻomohala āna i ʻike ai e kākoʻo ana i ka holomua kupaianaha o ka ʻoihana holo moku i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO Oasis, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka moku holo moku ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia he ʻano o ka halihali akā he wahi hoʻokipa maoli, kahi huakaʻi i loko ona.
“He ʻano hou ʻo ia, kahaha, a me ka noʻonoʻo ma nā ʻano he nui. ʻO ke ala e holo ai nā malihini a puni ka moku, nā mea hoʻohui e like me Central Park a me ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona hou a me nā hiʻohiʻona e hana ai kēia i kahi huakaʻi kupanaha iā ia iho, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka Daily Echo.
"He nui nā hana i loko o ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei e wehewehe i ka mea kūʻai aku ma UK he aha ke kumukūʻai o ke kālā hoʻomaha e lawe ana i kahi moku holo moku a ʻo ia ka uku.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hele nei i kahi hoʻomaha holo moana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma o Virgin, he mea hou i ka holo ʻana a ʻo ia hoʻi ke hele aku nei mākou iā lākou ʻoiai inā paʻakikī nā manawa kālā a laila he waiwai maikaʻi ka moku holo moku."
Ke kuhikuhi nei ua ʻoi aku ka mākeke holo moku Pelekania ma luna o 1.5m mau mea hoʻomaha hoʻomaha i ka makahiki, ua wikiwiki ʻo Peden i hoʻohui ʻia he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō kēia o ka mākeke hoʻomaha UK holoʻokoʻa.
"Ua wānana ʻia e ulu ka mākeke holo moku ma UK i kahi mea e like me 6.5 pākēneka o ka mākeke huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, akā ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi. Aia kahi anaina hou ma laila e hiki aku ai.
Hoʻokomo ʻo Peden i ka kūleʻa o Virgin Holidays Cruises i lilo i mea pāʻani nui i kēia mākeke e kū mai ana a hiki i ka mea āna i wehewehe ai ʻo 'Virgin Magic.' "Hoʻomaka ka ʻike Virgin mai ka manawa a lākou e kelepona mai ai iā mākou a laila mai ko mākou ʻike i nā moku holo moana, nā hōkele ma nā hōkele - ʻo kekahi wale nō no Virgin a ʻo kekahi he moʻolelo lōʻihi kā mākou e hana pū ai.
A laila aia ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī e like me kā mākou lawelawe concierge cruise kahi e hoʻopili ai mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻehā a ʻeono pule ma mua, e kāhea ana e ʻike inā makemake lākou i ke kōkua, mai ka mea e hoʻopaʻa ai e hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi ke hiki mai lākou.
"ʻO ia nā mea a pau e manaʻo nui ai nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Peden, nāna i wehewehe he mea koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka huahana kūpono no lākou me kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku.
"ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ka mea kūʻai kūpono me ke ʻano holo moana kūpono no ka manawa mua he mea nui inā makemake lākou i ka ʻike," wahi āna. No ia hopena, ua hana ikaika ʻo Virgin i nā lā hoʻomaha holo moana no nā hui mea kūʻai aku e like me nā ʻohana, me ka waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia e like me nā tiketi hoʻokipa paka, a no nā kāne.
E ʻike ʻia ka makahiki hou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi ʻo Virgin Holidays Cruises e hoʻopaʻa i ka hopena o luna o ka mākeke me kā lākou Platinum Collection - nā moku holo moku kūʻai kūpono a me nā huahana noho e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai no ke kālā ʻeono mau lā hoʻomaha e hōʻike ana i nā laina e like me Silverseas a me Regent i hui pū ʻia me ʻO nā Hōkele Hip ponoʻī o Virgin ma o Virgin Holidays.
Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo Virgin Holiday Cruises ma virginholidayscruises.co.uk.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "He nui nā hana i loko o ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei e wehewehe i ka mea kūʻai aku ma UK he aha ke kumukūʻai o ke kālā hoʻomaha e lawe ana i kahi moku holo moku a ʻo ia ka uku.
- Akā ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o kāna hoʻonui ʻana i kēia manawa i loko o nā moku holo moku mai ka lele a me ka mākeke holo moana, ʻoiai hoʻi ma ka Caribbean a me Mediterranean, ke ʻimi nei ka hui e hoʻonui i kāna makana mai Southampton.
- Peden was speaking following the bringing into service of the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, a development he sees as underpinning the phenomenal success of the cruise industry over the last few years.
