Other Things You'll Want to Know - September 28, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Genting Hong Kong making a further investment in the German shipyards it bought
• P&O Australia's special cruise for the Australian Open
• Carnival Corp donating to a new museum
• Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Catherine) are on a state visit to western Canada, and their sightseeing took them to the port at Vancouver on Monday. While they didn't visit the ships, Holland America's Noordam and Zaandam made a lovely background for the photos at the port, as seen below:

Photo courtesy of Holland America Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

What's Carnival Doing in China?

Carnival Corp had their quarterly conference call to discuss their earnings with financial analysts yesterday. As usual, they made a ton of money (the highest quarterly earnings in the company's history), but that's not what we normally cover in CND, so suffice it to say they are in good shape and will still be in business when you take your next cruise.

But not all the discussion is strictly financial. There's a lot of discussion about other subjects, and usually a theme appears in the questions. This month it was about capacity in China and how rapidly the industry will expand there. Surprisingly, while there is enormous potential, Carnival indicated that it will be measured growth.

The complete story appeared in the September 27 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

A Look Inside Royal Caribbean's Training Center in the Philippines

This video takes you behind the scenes at Royal Caribbean's center for crew safety training near Manila. Royal Caribbean hires more crew members from the Philippines than any other single country.

Crew members from the region go there for training either as new hires or when they need to renew their basic safety training. About 80% to 90% of all Filipinos crew members go through the facility. Up to 3,000-4,000 people per month can be trained there, which will be useful as Royal Caribbean expands from about 11,000 crew members up to about 30,000.

This article appeared in the September 27 edition of Cruise News Daily.



Video courtesy of Royal Caribbean International.

High Visibility

Celebrity Cruises has a message, and to make sure it gets seen, they are putting and ad for it in the most visible place they could think of - in tonight's US presidential debate. Networks estimate more than 100 million people will tune into the debate.

Of course, sometimes this strategy works and sometimes it doesn't. Just because a zillion people (slightly more than 100 million) tune it doesn't mean they will watch the commercials during the limited number of breaks. They could be so glad to see a break they immediately leave the room to do other things. Still, out of an audience that size, only a small percentage of them watching is still a large audience.

What is this message? It's the first part of their new global campaign entitled “Sail Beyond Borders,” which carries the message that “the world is better without walls.” Of course the idea is that you visit these “Far Away” (the title of the first ad) places on Celebrity Cruises.

Details appear in the September 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.



Video courtesy of Celebrity Cruises. All rights reserved.

Making It Look So Easy

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man from Ruby Princess late Friday night when it was nine miles southwest of Point Loma near San Diego.

They received a call from the ship at 11:35pm reporting the man, who was a crew member, was experiencing symptoms of a heart attack. By 1am, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew had been launched from the Coast Guard station at San Diego, and by 2:05am, they were over the ship hoisting the man up to the helicopter.

The complete story appeared in the September 26 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Video courtesy of US Coast Guard. All rights reserved.