Former Norwegian Cruise Line ("NCL") CEO Colin Veitch’s trial against his successor, Kevin Sheehan, and their old cruise line, NCL, for defamation and breach of contract has been underway in the Miami-Dade County courthouse, here in Miami, Florida this past week.
Veitch worked at the helm of NCL from 2000 to 2008. According to Travel
A couple of days ago, Cruise industry News reported that, according to NCL’s 2015 Annual Report, Kevin Sheehan received a severance package from NCL last year totaling $13,400,000 (million).
Mr. Sheehan resigned unexpectedly in January last year amidst some controversy.
The annual report in question, which you can see here, specified a "a
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Cruise lines hate U.S. governmental scrutiny of their business operations.
The whole purpose of incorporating their businesses and flagging their cruise ships in foreign countries is to avoid U.S. taxes and the scrutiny of federal regulators. This business model permits the cruise lines to pay virtually no U.S. taxes and to avoid U.S. wage, labor
Royal Caribbean and its subsidiary, Celebrity Cruise, have been in a state of panic lately frantically trying to fend off bad publicity surrounding an expose’ on crew member hours, wages and working conditions on the Eclipse which aired in the U.K.
The British television station sent two "undercover" reporters on to the cruise ship, one
