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Royal Caribbean Fills Virtual Ship With Celebrities

Brand Marketing

Royal Caribbean is hoping a new star-studded eight-minute commercial will help distance it from some of the cruise industry's negative public image.


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1912 Titanic Ad Fail: Set Sail to Europe on a Big Ship Today!

Creativity

Advertising fails are rampant online in 2011. But they've been around in old media since, well, pretty much forever.

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Royal Caribbean does the math in latest ads

Creativity

Here are a couple of quirky ads for Royal Caribbean that take a holiday from the typical fun-in-the-sun cruise-ship imagery. The spots, by JWT New York, focus on just how [...]

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Arnold crafts virtual aquariums for Carnival

Creativity

Holy mackerel, Arnold's creative output is totally seaworthy lately. They've got the lure of advertising down pat. I don't mean to carp on it, but their campaigns reel you in. [...]

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Carnival dreams of a better, pantsless world

Creativity

I saw this Carnival Cruise Lines poster from Arnold at a bus stop in Baltimore recently, and it cut right to the heart of me. I also dream of a [...]

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Carnival enlists fun director who directs fun

Creativity

As part of its new campaign from Arnold, Carnival Cruises has introduced a "fun director," though he doesn't seem like much fun to me. This dude's tightly wound and intense, [...]