CRUISE WA Chair Ross Dowling has told the ABC there is a need for a compensation system for small businesses which are affected by cruise call cancellations. The appeal comes after the latest cruise canx in Albany, which saw Holland America Line’s Noordam unable to make her scheduled visit on...
CRUISE WA Chair Ross Dowling has told the ABC there is a need for a compensation system for small businesses which are affected by cruise call cancellations.
The appeal comes after the latest cruise canx in Albany, which saw Holland America Line’s Noordam unable to make her scheduled visit on Sun due to bad weather.
It is one of a number of calls cancelled by cruise lines this season.
“It’s totally unfair on small towns and cities and communities to bear the brunt of it if a cruise line can’t come,” he said.
“Some small towns especially are going to get done over completely…there has to be some sort of compensation.”
Dowling however conceded a captain’s call to abandon a stopover must be respected.
“We’re not to determine that,” he acknowledged.
