600: Carnival Cruise CEO on Cruise Industry Shutdown + News | Carnival Corporation

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We sit down with Carnival Corporation (CCL) CEO Arnold Donald on the current state of the cruise industry. We speak with Arnold about how cruising could look moving forward, what will really determine when the cruise ships can sail again, what the cruise industry resumption of service will look like, and vessels leaving the fleet.

Sherry has cruise news:

Cruise lines cancel sailings until November 1, 2020
MSC relaunching with instant testing, masks, and dining rules
Norwegian Cruise Line is reclaiming loyalty points from canceled cruises
Carnival addresses rumors of selling two of its cruise lines

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:02.0	If this whole thing we're going through right now has taught us anything, it is to always have travel insurance.
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0:11.4	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:15.9	This is Cruise Radio.
0:18.8	Hey, how's it going?
0:19.6	My name is Doug Parker.
0:20.6	Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio.
0:23.1	We're going to catch up with Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald today.
0:28.1	Talk about the return to cruising plans, the relationship they currently have with the CDC,
0:34.2	and some other questions regarding the cruise industry shutdown. Sherry Laskin is here with
0:39.2	Cruise News and to answer a listener question. And as always, don't forget about Cruise Radio News,
0:44.7	daily quick hits of the news, seven days a week actually. And it's found opposite of this channel.
0:50.5	You could find that by searching Cruise Radio News. All right, Sherry Laskin is here with
0:55.1	Cruise News. Hey, Sherry. Hi, Doug. Another round of cancellations. Yeah, so on Wednesday morning,
1:01.0	the Cruise Lines International Association announced that their member cruise lines have suspended
1:06.0	all cruise departures through the month of October. This includes the big three that sail from U.S. ports,
1:12.5	Royal Caribbean Group, Carnival Corporation, and Norwegian Cruise Line holdings. Also on the list for
1:18.4	North America departures is MSC cruises. Clea addressed the possibility that if conditions in the U.S.
1:25.5	should improve, it might be possible to resume cruises sooner
1:29.2	if the cruise lines would consider shorter and modified sailings.
1:33.9	And we should note that four cruise lines that aggressively pursued an early restart
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