Ctrip.com Faʻavaomalo ma Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. na faʻailoa mai ananafi o loʻo latou faʻamutaina le SkySea Cruise Line soʻofaʻatasi ("SkySea ”) i le tautoulu o le 2018. TUI AG's Marella Cruises ua malie e faʻatau Era Golden, ma le kilivaina faʻamoemoe i Tesema 2018, noatia ma le faʻamalieina o tapunia aiaiga. Ctrip ma RCL o loʻo iai nei le latou vaega toʻatele o le SkySea, faʻatasi ai ma le paleni o loʻo pulea e le SkySea management ma le private equity fund.
SkySea Cruise Line, o le muamua atamai vaʻaiga vaʻa vaʻa taimi faʻapitoa na atiaeina mo le maketi Saina, na faʻagaioia SkySea Golden Era talu mai Ia 2015. E oʻo mai ile taimi ole faigamalaga mulimuli, ole SkySea Cruise Line o le a faʻatautaia le lata ile 300 folau ma toeititi 500,000 malo na faʻasolo ile silia ma le tolu tausaga.
O le SkySea Cruise Line o le a faʻaauau pea gaioiga ma le folauga mulimuli e faʻamaonia i vaiaso a sau. I lenei vaitaimi, o le faʻailoga e tuʻuina atu i le tuʻuina atu tutusa lava tafaoga tafaoga i ana malo ma lagolago i ana paaga sooupu faʻapaʻaga ma tagata faʻatau e pei ona talu mai lona amataga. SkySea mulimuli ōmea vaitau o le a ofaina fiafia autu folau ma moni manatuaina aafiaga mo Era Goldentagata tafafao.
O le maketi folau i totonu ōmea o loʻo i ai pea i laʻasaga amata ae o loʻo taofia gafatia tele. I le 2017, sa i lalo ifo o le 3 miliona pasese folau i totonu ōmea, lea e sili mamao atu nai lo le sili atu 10 miliona pasese mo le US maketi. O le pisinisi folau i luga o tulaga o vaega a Ctrip na faʻatupuina sili atu i le 70% tupemaua tuputupu aʻe i lea tausaga ma lea tausaga i le 2017. O le pisinisi folau o le a faʻaauau pea ona avea o se vaega taua o le Ctrip tasi-taofi tulaga ma o le kamupani o le a faʻaauau pea ona galulue vavalalata ma laina folau uma. i le lalolagi, e aofia ai le Royal Caribbean, ia sili atu le tautua le faʻateleina o le aofaʻi o tagata malaga mai Saina.
E ala i lana Royal Caribbean International brand, RCL o le a faʻaauau pea ona tautua le maketi a Saina, ma le tele o vaʻa tosoina i le itulagi ma se malosi vavalalata vavalalata ma Ctrip.
