https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #75 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ The cruise industry has long acknowledged the cumulative negative impact of illness outbreaks. COVID-19 presents a frightful situation. From a public health perspective, though, we shift from Distress to Redress and Address. Leader-SHIP is the newsletter that interweaves media articles and cruise industry responses to provide guidance on actions being taken against the novel coronavirus. It negates forces of disruption and decline with measures for steadfastness ultimately having you enhance the practice of public health in your own life and of those around you. PLEASE NOTE THIS ISN’T A COMPLETE LISTING OF MEDIA ARTICLES BUT A SNAPSHOT ONLY. In this Issue: - Carnival Global CEO says Australia may be Among the First to Relaunch - Coming up with the new normal - Holland America and Princess Cruises cancel all 2020 itineraries in Europe, Alaska and Canada - CDC Update - Cruise Ship Crew Member Disembarkations - Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home - Carnival Cruises Bookings Surge - Coronavirus: Princess, Holland America extend cruise cancellations; lines expand cancellations, re-bookings - Cruise passengers have gone home, but the crews that looked after them are still stuck at sea - CMV Extends Cruise Suspension Date to June 30 - Leaked audio: Crew stuck for weeks on board Norwegian Cruise Line ship threatened with 'prosecution by shoreside authorities' if they leak information - Despite masks, coronavirus fears, Norwegian CEO predicts cruising will 'bounce back very, very well' - Royal Caribbean crew go on hunger strike until company proves it is sending them home. - Plus, more to read…. __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 1 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #75 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ 10 May, 2020: Carnival Global CEO says Australia may be Among the First to Relaunch The Australian cruise market can’t reopen soon enough for the CEO of Carnival Corporation, the leisure travel giant with a nine-cruise line portfolio that includes Carnival, P&O and Princess. “Australia is one of the most thriving cruise markets in the world,” said Arnold Donald by phone in a rare one-on-one print media interview from his St. Louis residence. “It’s had double-digit growth in cruise for something like 10 years in a row – I’ve lost count. It’s a great market for cruise, certainly with our P&O and Princess brands.” When cruising returns from the months-long suspension of operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “we’ll be back and elated to sail all our ships that come into Australia because, like with every other market in the world, there’s a large population of people who are underpenetrated for cruise,” Mr Donald said. Reasons for Carnival’s corporate captain sounding upbeat are not without merit. For one, even under the lingering dark cloud of the fatal Ruby Princess calamity, the end of an industry-wide shutdown appears to be within sight. Cruise lines worldwide are now setting specific dates for resuming service, most in time to salvage the Australian winter. Read more…. https://cruisepassenger.com.au/exclusive-carnivals-global-ceo-says-australia-may-be-among-the-first- to-relaunch/ 10 May, 2020: Coming up with the new normal Like the rest of the travel industry, river cruise companies have spent much of the Covid-19 travel shutdown assessing not only when they might be able to resume sailing, but what their operations will look like. And like everything else, post-pandemic river sailings promise to be different. From smaller group tours to assigned dining room seating and crew etiquette, every aspect of operations is being assessed. Read more…. https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/Coming-up-with-the-new- normal?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrriver&ct=river&oly_enc_id =7787J9262856C3B 10 May, 2020: Holland America and Princess Cruises cancel all 2020 itineraries in Europe, Alaska and Canada On May 6, two of the Carnival Corporation-owned companies - Princess Cruises and HAL-Holland America Line - cancelled all of their scheduled Summer itineraries and some of the Fall voyages. Both companies __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 2 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #75 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ cancelled all their remaining cruises in Europe, Alaska and Canada-New England for the rest of 2020. Princess additionally cancelled all USA to Caribbean departures through November 4. HAL cancelled a 79- day world cruise (Grand Africa Voyage) scheduled to depart from Boston MA on October 3 and end in Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) on December 4. A third Carnival Corporation brand company - Seabourn, also cancelled departures for the rest of the summer 2020. Its 5-ship fleet paused operations until October-November 2020 (depending on vessel). HAL, Princess and Seabourn announced a worldwide suspension of passenger shipping services in mid- March due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Until now, these companies had only cancelled voyages through late June. Princess now plans to resume service in August with one of its 18 ships, Majestic Princess. The liner will offer a couple of short sailings to Japan from Taiwan aimed at the local market prior to repositioning to Australia. 9 more Princess ships are expected to resume operations in September, mostly in Australia and New Zealand as well as on the West Coast USA. Read more…. https://www.cruisemapper.com/news/7061-2-major-cruise-lines-cancel-most-sailings-through-the-end- of-2020-summer-season 10 May, 2020: CDC Update - Cruise Ship Crew Member Disembarkations CDC is allowing crew members to disembark from cruise ships in U.S. waters and return home if cruise lines submit a signed attestation stating that they have complied with requirements to safely disembark their crew members. CDC shared information with all cruise lines in US waters on April 23, 2020, to help crew members return home safely. Since then, several cruise lines have requested to disembark crew through this process, and CDC stands ready to approve these requests with same-day turnaround. The list on this page provides the latest information on signed attestations that CDC has received from cruise lines and approved to safely disembark crew. This list is updated daily. Read more…. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/cruise-ship/cruise-ship-member- disembarkations.html 10 May, 2020: Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home MIAMI -- Carolina Vasquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fever took hold of her body. On the worst night of her encounter with COVID-19, the Chilean woman, a line cooks on the Greg Mortimer ship, summoned the strength to take a cold shower fearing the worst: losing consciousness while isolated from others. __________________________________________________________________________________ Click link below to subscribe to Leader-SHIP e-Newsletter Email: [email protected] https://gphs-consulting.webflow.io/leader-ship-newsletter/newsletter-home 3 | Page https://gusskinnerconsulting.com/ Volume 4 – Issue #75 https://www.gphsconsulting.com/ Vasquez, 36, and tens of thousands of other crew members have been trapped for weeks aboard dozens of cruise ships around the world -- long after governments and cruise lines negotiated their passengers' disembarkation. Some have gotten ill and died; others have survived but are no longer getting paid. Read more… https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/stuck-on-cruise-ships-during-pandemic-crews-beg-to-go- home-1.4932192 10 May, 2020: CARNIVAL CRUISES Bookings Surge ...TRAVELERS WANNA HIT THE SEAS ASAP!!! This is kinda shocking, but Carnival Cruise enthusiasts aren't letting the pandemic scare 'em away from boarding ships with hundreds of passengers. A rep with Cruise Planners, an American Express travel franchise, tells TMZ ... after Carnival announced this week it would resume some cruises in August, its clients immediately began reaching out to book their reservations first and nab the most premium deals. We're told in the 3 days after Carnival's announcement ... Cruise Planners' Carnival bookings shot up 600 percent compared to the previous 3 days before the news. That makes sense, but more interestingly, it's a 200 percent increase over the same time period in 2019 -- when folks traveled without fear of the novel coronavirus. Read more…. https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/09/carnival-bookings-spike-increase-cruises-resuming-august/ 10 May, 2020: Coronavirus: Princess, Holland America extend cruise cancellations; lines expand cancellations, rebookings The COVID-19 pandemic is doing increasing damage to the cruise industry. Princess Cruises announced Wednesday that it is extending its pause in global ship operations, resulting in the cancellation of select cruises through the end of the 2020 summer season. Sister line Holland America is doing the same, pausing its Alaska, Europe and Canada/New England cruises