As marketing manager for a specialist upmarket cruise operator, you have been asked to determine your distribution strategy for the carrier. Examine alternative means of distributing your products,...

As marketing manager for a specialist upmarket cruise operator, you have been asked to determine your distribution strategy for the carrier. Examine alternative means of distributing your products, citing the pros and cons of direct marketing, selling through retail agents, wholesaling through operators or other intermediaries and determine how you will organize your distribution.