My friend Kay Showker, sent me this story and I thought you might enjoy reading about one of the newest experiences at sea. Enjoy!- Heidi By Kay Showker Although Fathom’s historic cruise to Cuba has dominated the headlines, the new company’s alternate cruises to the Dominican Republic, launched two weeks earlier, more closely reflect the Fathom experience. Fathom Impact Travel or travel-with-a-purpose, as it defines itself, is a new kind of travel, offered as a cruise for …
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Carnival Corporation & plc announced it will sail as planned from the U.S. to Cuba with all travelers, including Cuba-born passengers, for the company’s week-long voyages to Cuba. Carnival Corporation worked closely with Cuba to allow its cruise ships to operate in a similar manner as current air charter operations to Cuba, starting with its historic inaugural voyage on May 1, 2016. Last week, in anticipation of this positive outcome, Carnival Corporation announced its new Fathom brand was …
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Fathom, the pioneer in social impact travel and Carnival Corporation’s 10th and newest brand, returned from its inaugural voyage to its impact destination, the Dominican Republic, on Sunday, April 24. Fathom’s inaugural voyage was a major success as hundreds of guests joined Fathom for a unique weeklong journey that left a lasting impact on each of them, as well as an immediate impact on people in need in the Dominican Republic. “Feedback from our guests during …
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Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Cuba has granted approval for the company to begin travel to Cuba starting on May 1, 2016. Following U.S. authorization granted in July 2015, Carnival Corporation is now cleared to operate the 704-passenger MV Adonia to Cuba through its newest brand Fathom. This marks the first time in over 50 years a cruise ship is approved to sail from the United States to Cuba. Cuban authorities from Havanatur Celimar, various other agencies and …
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In the mountains near the north coast of the Dominican Republic, our canopied tour bus stopped on a shady country road for a visit to a four-room, wood house of a family of five. A fifth room, the kitchen for making beans, chicken and rice, was in a separate building so as not to spread cooking smoke to the sleeping quarters. A cruise excursion operator, Outback Adventures, pays this family, and several others nearby, an occasional stipend …
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