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Celebrity Cruises’ UK boss vows to hold pricing as wave sales soar

Cruise
Harry Kemble
16 January 2024

The UK boss of Celebrity Cruises has pledged that the premium line will not be drawn into a price war with competitors owing to its strong wave performance so far. 

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Celebrity Apex, Giles Hawke said, is in 'a really good position' in terms of how well sold it is (Credit: Celebrity Cruises)

Giles Hawke told TTG that “early indications” from wave season were “positive” after finishing last year on a “massive high”. 


While he added every touchpoint on Celebrity’s ships would be “elevated” this year, he insisted current prices would remain the same going forward.


“We’re using data to affect everything that we do onboard,” he said, adding: “Through 2024 our big internal word is ‘elevate’. Every touchpoint is going to be elevated.”


He continued: “We aim to deliberately not compete with our competitors. We don’t think we need to drop to silly prices.