{"id":1407,"date":"2013-02-20T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2018-08-17T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:53:33","slug":"carnival-cruise-line-alert-passenger-vessel-carnival-triumph-company-sponsored-passenger-compensation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/carnival-cruise-line-alert-passenger-vessel-carnival-triumph-company-sponsored-passenger-compensation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Cruise Line Alert \u2013 Passenger Vessel CARNIVAL TRIUMPH Company Sponsored Passenger Compensation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>February 20, 2013<\/div>\n<p>Carnival Cruise Lines recently notified the Commission that it intends to compensate passengers who were onboard the CARNIVAL TRIUMPH when a fire occurred in the vessel\u2019s engine room earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission has been in regular contact with Carnival, including President and CEO Gerry Cahill, regarding consumer related matters and the passengers aboard the vessel. In a letter penned last week by Mr. Cahill that he subsequently provided to the Commission, Mr. Cahill states:<\/p>\n<p>“I want to take this opportunity to personally extend our most sincere apologies for the fire that occurred earlier in the week. I recognize the journey back has been longer than anyone anticipated at the beginning of the week and I am deeply sorry for what you have had to endure these past few days.”<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Mr. Cahill informed the Commission that Carnival will provide all passengers who were onboard the February 7, 2013 cruise with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full refund for the cruise;<\/li>\n<li>Refund of all on board Sign & Sail account charges (excluding gift shop, art auction, and casino charges);<\/li>\n<li>Transportation home;<\/li>\n<li>Reimbursement of parking costs;<\/li>\n<li>Option for hotel accommodations en route;<\/li>\n<li>Future credit for a later cruise;<\/li>\n<li>$500 compensation; and<\/li>\n<li>Reimbursement of travel expenses to and from the original scheduled cruise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions or concerns may be directed to the Federal Maritime Commission\u2019s Office of Consumer Affairs & Dispute Resolution Services at 202-523-5807 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:complaints@fmc.gov\">complaints@fmc.gov.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, 2013 Carnival Cruise Lines recently notified the Commission that it intends to compensate passengers who were onboard the CARNIVAL TRIUMPH when a fire occurred in the vessel\u2019s engine room earlier this month. The Commission has been in regular contact with Carnival, including President and CEO Gerry Cahill, regarding... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/carnival-cruise-line-alert-passenger-vessel-carnival-triumph-company-sponsored-passenger-compensation-program\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}