Kevin Sheehan No Undercover Boss Now

As our colleague Phil Reimer always says — and he is The Expert, after all — corporate news about cruising is usually as interesting to people on cruises ships as what the captain had for breakfast. The Kevin Sheehan story, we think, is different. On Friday, Sheehan resigned/was fired/left as the head of Norwegian Cruise… Continue reading Kevin Sheehan No Undercover Boss Now

Celebrity Cruises Losing a CEO

If a cruise line was losing money — it has happened — and the top executive took another job, the temptation would be to say he or she abandoned a sinking ship. But when the top executive is Dan Hanrahan and he leaves Celebrity Cruises to run a hair company, the temptation is to say… Continue reading Celebrity Cruises Losing a CEO

Into The Heads at the Top

It’s hard for anybody to get into the heads of the people who run cruise lines to find out “What are they thinking?” Unless “anybody” is USA Today, whose cruise writers Gene Sloan and Veronica Gould Stoddart had both the foresight and the opportunity to spend an hour with five CEOs/Presidents from the cruise industry.… Continue reading Into The Heads at the Top