Your Mark On The World
#288: Carnival's Fathom Sailing Toward Cuba 'To Make A Social Impact'
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:21:17
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August 26, 2015 - Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1JtOoZg. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Carnival CCL +0.00% newest cruise line is sailing in a new direction; Fathom’s destination is social impact. Initially sailing with one vessel, the Adonia, Fathom passengers will visit the Dominican Republic and Cuba to work alongside locals as volunteers on water and other projects. The brains behind Fathom, its President, Tara Russell, explained, “We didn’t want Fathom to be a ‘voluntourism’ company. We wanted Fathom to be so much more than that. So we found a way to leverage the resources of the world’s largest travel and leisure company (Carnival Corporation) to create a new kind of cruise that combines the love of travel with the desire to make a difference. Truly nothing like this exists today.” “ We created Fathom to give people an easy, safe and convenient