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Three years ago, Jason Beukema, a tour manager at a travel agency in Atlanta, thought he was just doing his friends a favor in organizing a group vacation.
Little did he know that the music-themed cruise he created would blossom into a full-fledged business. What started as a few close buddies grew into 125 friends and acquaintances boarding what he called the Groove Cruise in October 2004.
"All of a sudden people who'd heard about it from their friends just started calling me, wanting to find out about the cruise," said Mr. Beukema, who started Whet Travel after returning to Atlanta from the first voyage. "We didn't spend a dime on advertising. It was all word of mouth."
On a recent Groove Cruise, aboard the Freedom of the Seas, somewhere between Grand Cayman and Jamaica, 200 young professionals decked out in silk robes and slinky lingerie were poolside long after the casino had closed and the other sunburned passengers had turned in for the night. Vodka Red Bulls and glowsticks in hand, the mostly barefoot crowd danced to the sensuous vocals and dirty bass pumping from the speakers.
"Now this is a party," yelled Kathy Hirsecorn, 29, her pink satin negligee fluttering as she danced. "You forget you're on a boat."
Part of a larger resurgence of affinity voyages, music-themed cruises are growing in popularity as third-party promoters and cruise line executives seek to capitalize on large fan followings with the time and cash to spend on a vacation with their favorite musicians.
Devotees have packed cruise ships to see artists ranging the FM dial, from mainstream stars like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kenny Chesney to blues and Christian bands, and the list of musicians scheduled to set sail is growing.
Yet those cruises attract a largely older audience, while the Groove Cruise, with its allure of club-heavy house music and high maintenance hedonism, attracts primarily dance fanatics who have graduated from college in the last 15 years and who can afford $1,350 for a five-day voyage (and $600 for a three-day cruise).
"It's like spring break for adults," Mr. Beukema, 29, said.
While the company also handles other vacations like destination weddings and bachelor party trips, its main focus is the Groove Cruise brand, which yields around 90 percent of the company's revenue, he said.
Since the first voyage in 2004, revenue has doubled each year, to $500,000; the number of attendees has tripled, to over 1,100 total participants over that period. These dance-obsessed cruisers have come from across the United States, Europe and Australia — 65 percent had never been on a cruise before; more than a third were returning for another spin on the Groove Cruise.
"Traditional cruises have very few alternative entertainment options for young people," said Mr. Beukema, who has been on 26 cruises. "If you don't want to see the Broadway revue or the magic show revue you're pretty much out of luck, and the on-board nightclub has a request D.J., so you'll hear one hip-hop song and then he'll kill the dance floor with the Macarena. We bring on some of the best D.J.'s from across the country and go all night."
Despite hurricanes, high gas prices and cheap airfare, the cruise industry made $16.2 billion in United States revenue in 2005, a 10 percent increase from the previous year.
Once the traditional vacation choice of the "nearly dead and newly wed," the cruise industry has been working feverishly over the last decade or so to revamp its image and attract a younger, more active market.
"The cruise industry is changing their product for younger people," said Joe Goldblatt, senior lecturer at Temple University's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. "Gen X-er's are taking more two- and three-day vacations multiple times a year. Three-day cruises are ideal for that — you board on Friday, party hard all weekend and can return to work on Monday."
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cruisefanatic100 10 months ago
Nice Kahanas.
How about some tropicana Splash
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to donate wot I got.
sebbbo77 2 years ago