The CBS Morning Show Segment That Looks Like a Carnival Cruise Commercial
Carnival is evidently enlisting its friends in the media for its recovery tour, but it knows this is going to take a long time anyway.
Cruise News
Cruise Lines to Begin Disclosing All Onboard Crimes on Own Websites
The devil will indeed be in the details about the cruise lines' decision to begin publishing allegations about onboard crimes on their websites. This would be a big improvement in transparency for passengers, although the decision occurred with the prospect that Congress might have forced the cruise lines to do it anyway.
Carnival Triumph Failed Its First Inspection Before Returning to Service
The Senate committee convened to talk about more consumer protections. Case in point: Carnival was telling everyone about the wonders of the repaired Carnival Triumph in June, and wasn't transparent about letting passengers know that the ship had just failed an inspection because of fire detection and lifeboat drill problems, among others.
The real 15 largest travel companies of 2013
Suppliers, namely airlines, hotels, a cruise line and a car rental company, clearly dominate the top 15. Priceline and Amadeus are the only middlemen represented.
The world’s 15 largest travel companies of 2013
If you thought Priceline was the largest publicly traded travel company in the world by market cap, you'd be very wrong. Two Taiwanese airlines and a global hotel and casino business boast greater bragging rights.
Carnival says it needs 3 years and a new CEO to recover from its recent accidents
Carnival Corp. is a cruise company in crisis months after the Carnival Triumph episode caught the world's attention. The cruise industry was pressured to adopt a passenger bill of rights, Carnival is retrofitting its entire fleet, and now its longtime CEO has given up that role. Definitely not business as usual.
Carnival Triumph returns to service at steeply discounted rates
The Carnival Triumph hangover has lasted longer than the cruise industry initially envisioned. Carnival's confident that lower fares will fill the ships, if not the cruise line's coffers.
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises founder Michael Burke dies at 89
Michael Burke loved the sea, and was passionate about his beloved Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. From the sound of it, so were many of the line's passengers.
Carnival’s profits fall short as battered line drops fares to woo back cruisers
Carnival will find a way to get out of its rut, but it will take longer to do so if it doesn't acknowledge that it's low fares directly relate to its less-than-stellar safety issues.
Carnival’s troubled Triumph leaves Alabama for repairs in the Bahamas
The good news is that the Triumph didn't hit anything on the way out of port. But it's a long way to the Bahamas.