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Carnival Cruise Lines: A Prescription for Navigating Rough Media Waters

Lin Humphrey | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Read More: Strategy, Gerry Cahill, Public Relations, Business News, Cruises, Marketing, Travel, Carnival Cruise Lines, Business, Mobile Alabama, Carnival Triumph, Business News
Lin Humphrey

Despite the criticism the line has received, Carnival has the opportunity to show great leadership in how it responds going forward. Here are five steps Carnival should take to improve its media problems.

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3 Injured In Fuel Barge Explosions

Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Video, Alabama, Ships, Firefighters, Mobile, Barges, Natural Gas, Fuel Barge Explosion, Mobile Alabama, Transportation, Green News

Three people were seriously injured when two barges previously loaded with liquid natural gas exploded on the east side of the Mobile River in Alabama...

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PHOTOS: Drifting Cruisers' Hilarious Signs

Posted 02.15.2013 | Travel
Read More: Carnival Triumph, Mobile, Drifters, Travel News, Triumph, Cruises, Gulf of Mexico, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruises, Mobile Alabama, Travel News

If there's been one good thing to come out of the five-day cruise from hell on the Carnival Triumph, it's been a spark for the creativity of the waywa...

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Carnival Triumph Passengers Face Another Setback

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2013 | World
Read More: Carnival Triumph, Video, Carnival Cruise, Reuters, Carnival Cruises, Carnival Triumph Cruise Ship, Mobile Alabama, Stranded Cruise Ship, World News

* Docking of ship ends ill-fated voyage * Ship lost power and toilets overflowed * First lawsuit against Carnival Corp f...

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Every Downtown Mobile Hotel Booked By Carnival Passengers, Crew

AP | Posted 02.15.2013 | Travel
Read More: Cruises, Carnival Triumph, Video, Carnival Triumph Mobile, Carnival Cruises, Mobile Alabama, Travel News

MOBILE, Ala. -- Every downtown hotel in Mobile was booked solid Thursday night, as crew members, passengers and their family members streamed into the...

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Mobile Preps For Carnival Triumph Passengers

Posted 02.13.2013 | Travel
Read More: Carnival Triumph, US Destinations, Mobile, Carnival Triumph Disabled, Cruises, Cruise Ports, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise News, Carnival Triumph Mobile, Carnival Triumph Fire, Gulf Coast Travel, Mobile Alabama, Gulf Coast, Destinations, Alabama Travel, Travel News

The city of Mobile is preparing to host a few thousand disgruntled tourists. The Carnival Triumph, the disabled cruise ship that's currently being ...

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WATCH: Tornado Hits Walgreens

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 12.27.2012 | Green
Read More: Walgreens, Tornado Walgreens Mobile, Alabama Slammer, Walgreens Tornado Video, Tornado in Mobile Alabama, Christmas Tornado, Alabama Tornado, Mobile Alabama Storm, Video, Walgreens Tornado, Tornado Walgreens, Tornado Walgreens Christmas, Tornado, Mobile Tornado, Walgreens Christmas Tornado, Mobile Alabama, Alabama Christmas Tornado, Green News

Amazing surveillance video from a Walgreens pharmacy in Mobile, Ala., captured the harrowing moments when a tornado bore down on the store Christmas D...

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6 Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Alabama Coast

AP | Posted 04.30.2012 | Good News
Read More: Coast Guard Station Pensacola, Coast Guard, Pensacola Florida, Hillary Herbst, Mobile Alabama, Good News News

PERDIDO BEACH, Ala. -- The Coast Guard says one of its crews rescued five adults and a 13-year-old boy from the water after their 32-foot vessel sank ...

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'Justice For Trayvon' Beating Is Actually Feud Among Neighbors: Cops

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.27.2012 | Crime
Read More: Terry Rawls, Terry Rawls Arrested, Video, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Matthew Owens, Hate Crime, Matthew Owens Beating, Justice for Trayvon, Mobile Alabama, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Justice for Trayvon Beating, Crime News

Cops in Mobile, Ala. made their first arrest in the apparent mob beating of Matthew Owens: Terry Rawls surrendered Wednesday on assault charges. In...

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ONLINE OF FIRE: Military Wife Learns About Husband's Death Through Facebook

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 04.20.2012 | Crime
Read More: Staff Sgt. Christopher Brown, Department of Defense, Soldier's Wife Facebook, Afghanistan, Military Death Protocol, Ariell Taylor-Brown, Facebook, War Widows, Fort Carson, Video, Bad News, War Widow Facebook, Widow Notified on Facebook, Facebook Death, Mobile Alabama, Craig Zentkovich, Crime News

Military wife Ariell Taylor-Brown always knew that her husband, Staff Sgt. Christopher Brown, might be killed in the line of duty. What she never e...

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We're Not Forgotten

Leevones Dubose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Mobile Oil Spill, Katrina Refugees, Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Mobile Alabama, Bay Area Women's Coalition, Impact News
Leevones Dubose

But we've got reason for hope and we've already seen change. We've got commitments to work together to finally heal our communities and make our families whole.

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Gulf Coast to Visitors: Y'all Come Down and Eat!

Bryan Gobin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf Seafood, Alabama, Mississippi, Economy, Shrimp, Tabasco, Gulf Oil Spill, Biloxi, Shrimp Farming, Seafood, Mobile-Alabama, Gulf Coast, Eco-Tourism, Green News
Bryan Gobin

With the exception of oil lapping ashore along Louisiana's marshy wildlife refuge, near-shore fishing waters appear clear as ever. Seafood is still available.

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Alabama Local News Station's Live Twitter Billboard FAIL

AOL | Amar Toor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Local News Station, Mobile Alabama Local News, Local TV Station, Local News Twitter Billboard, Local News Twitter, Alabama WPMI, Mobile Alabama, Twitter Billboard Gang Rape, Media News

We understand why the mainstream media would want to take every opportunity they can to let the world know that they're on Twitter. After all, Twitter...

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