SANTA CLARITA, Calif.,
May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Majestic
Princess crew members received COVID-19 vaccinations today at the
Port of Los Angeles. In
partnership with The Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health, Ports America, and Metro Cruise Services, Ambulnz
administered 221 COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Brenda Barnetson, Senior
Director of Clinical Services for Princess Cruises, visited the
crew members who volunteered to take part in an encouraging step in
preparation for Princess Cruise to
begin offering cruise vacations.
"We're glad to be providing the World Cruise Center as a
location where our partners can vaccinate staff in preparation for
the return of cruising to Southern
California," said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director
Gene Seroka. "This is important to
the hundreds of thousands of people who enjoy cruises embarking
from Los Angeles annually as well
as to our local economy and job market. Each time a cruise ship
calls in Los Angeles, it generates
more than $1 million to local
restaurants, hotels and shops."
Princess Cruises has been working closely with the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
to define and manage best practices to
promote the health of guests and crew as it finalizes its
additional plans for return to cruising.
Editors' note:
B-roll of today's event is available
upon request and additional photos can be downloaded here.
About Princess Cruises
One of the best-known names in
cruising, Princess Cruises is the world's leading international
premium cruise line and tour company operating a fleet of
14 modern cruise ships, carrying two million guests each year
to 380 destinations around the globe, including the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera,
Europe, South America, Australia/New
Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia,
Canada/New
England, Antarctica, and World Cruises. A team of
professional destination experts have curated 170 itineraries,
ranging in length from three to 111 days and Princess Cruises
is continuously recognized as "Best Cruise Line for
Itineraries." In 2017 Princess Cruises, with parent company
Carnival Corporation, introduced MedallionClass Vacations
enabled by the OceanMedallion, the vacation industry's most
advanced wearable device, provided free to each guest sailing on
a MedallionClass ship. The award-winning innovation
offers the fastest way to an effortless personalized vacation
giving guests more time to do the things they love most. The
company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:
CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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