Articles tagged “accidents”

Carnival weathered the Costa Concordia disaster well and its stock is still near a 52-month high; what will happen with bookings in the next six weeks will demonstrate how well the industry will manage this accident closer to home.

The passenger's nightmare trip has finally come to an end, but Carnival will need to figure out how it can do much, much better communicating to past and future guests in order to prevent this year from turning into a bad dream.

Carnival's tin-eared response to this crisis will be a "what not to do" case-study for PR agencies for years to come. It's CEO should have been working the tug boats in the Caribbean rather than phoning it in from the comfort of home.

Lets hope the passengers can debark tonight for their own sake, and for the benefit of the throngs of friends and relatives who want to get them off the stinking ship.

In spite of the Costa Concordia disaster and the Costa Allegra stranding, Carnival didn't think 2012 was so bad. Now that its failures have hit closer to home it may very well sing another tune for 2013.

Five people died onboard the ship and three were injured. Thomson Cruises should do everything they can to let passengers communicate with their families at home.

The Concordia tragedy is unfortunately unfolding like a Saturday evening variety show on Italian television: big egos, crazy claims, and a fascination with the macabre.

Both Captain Schettino and his employer, Costa Crociere, are denying the allegations, although all the survivors and their families really want is for someone to man up and take some responsibility.

Close calls are bound to occur when thousands of planes funnel through the airport each day, but in this case, all of the incidents seem to tie back to a design issue within O’Hare’s control tower that could be easily addressed.

Miami-based Carnival owns the Costa brands, but is trying to wipe its hands clean of legal issues by pointing to the fine print on passenger tickets that stated all legal action must be filed in Italy.