We’re excited to announce the establishment of Royal Caribbean Group’s Healthy Sail Panel — a team of the best minds and leaders in public health, bio security, epidemiology, hospitality and maritime operations. As we prepare for our return to service, this diverse team has been enlisted to develop recommendations and guide our way forward with unprecedented standards in response to COVID-19. Their combined expertise will help us reinforce our current safety procedures onboard our ships, create new ones and ensure our vacation experience. Our collective efforts will be shared across the cruise industry, as well as other industries that may benefit from our findings — because we’re all in this together.
The well-being of our guests, crew and the communities we visit is our top priority. But beyond that, we believe everyone should benefit from advances in health and safety related matters. That’s why the important work and findings derived from this collaboration will be shared with the entire cruise industry and other industries it may benefit — because we’re all in this together.
MEET OUR PANELISTS
PANEL CO-CHAIRS
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LEADING OUR GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY
Royal Caribbean Group has named Dr. Calvin Johnson as Global Head, Public Health and Chief Medical Officer. In this new role, Johnson willlead the Group’s global health and wellness policy, manage its public health and clinical practice, and determine the strategic plans and operations of its global healthcare organization. Johnson will also collaborate with the Healthy Sail Panel to ensure the company establishes and implements its protocols and recommendations. His extensive experience in public health and clinical care will help us raise the bar on protecting the health of our guests, crew and the communities we serve.
Dr. Johnson, most recently Principal at Altre Strategic Solutions Group, is the former Chief Medical Officer for Corizon Health, then the largest provider of correctional health care in the United States, and for Temple University Health System. He served as Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2003-2008 and was Medical Director for the New York City Department of Health from 1998-1999. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a BS in Chemistry from Morehouse College.
MUSTER 2.0
With our keen focus on health and safety, we are excited to introduce Muster 2.0, an entirely new approach to delivering safety information to our guests. This innovative program — the first of its kind — reimagines a process originally designed to address large groups of people into a faster, more personal approach that encourages higher levels of safety. With this enhanced experience, the essential safety information will be offered to guests through new “eMusterTM” technology via their mobile devices, as well as on the interactive stateroom TVs.
This new approach offers guests the flexibility to complete this very important process at their leisure prior to setting sail, allowing guests to jump right into their vacation — uninterrupted. Once onboard, each guest will be required to visit their assigned assembly station where a crew member will verify the completion of the safety requirements and will be available to answer any questions. All steps must be completed prior to the ship’s departure, as required by international maritime law.
Throughout the development of this enhancement, international regulators, the U.S. Coast Guard and other maritime and government authorities were consulted to ensure this new muster process meets all safety requirements. Muster 2.0 is just one part of the comprehensive set of protocols and procedures Royal Caribbean Group is developing along with the Healthy Sail Panel.