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49 J. Mar. L. & Com. 1 (2018)
The 1920 Death on the High Seas Act: An Outdated and Ambiguous Admiralty Law Shielding Cruise Line Companies from Civil Liabilities

handle is hein.journals/jmlc49 and id is 5 raw text is: Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Vol. 49, No. 1, January, 2018 The 1920 Death on the High Seas Act: An Outdated and Ambiguous Admiralty Law Shielding Cruise Line Companies from Civil Liabilities Madeline Burke* I INTRODUCTION A. The Recent Growth of the Cruise Line Industry and the Standards of Safety The cruise line business has been an extensively growing sector in the travel and tourism industry. Between 2005 and 2015, the demand for cruising increased by 62%.1 In 2015, the cruise industry had a $117 billion economic impact. Last year, approximately 24 million people cruised globally-half were from North America. Carnival Corporation is the world's largest leisure travel company and the parent company to cruise lines like Carnival, Princess, and Holland America.2 *Second year Donaghey Scholar Student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Awarded Outstanding Student Paper at the Academy of Legal Studies and Business Annual Conference. 'Cruise Lines International Association, 2017 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook, https://www.cruising.org/docs/default-source/research/clia-2017-state-of-the-industry. pdf'?sfvrsn=O. 2Carnival Corporation & PLC, Corporate Information, http://www.carnivalcorp.com/ phoenix.zhtml?c=200767&p=irol-prlanding (The company's portfolio of global cruise line brands includes Carnival Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard in Southampton, England; AIDA Cruises in Rostock, Germany; Costa Cruises in Genoa, Italy; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Sydney.) 1