Different Crewing?


I'm accustomed to most Celebrity officers being Greek, This held true for Deck & Engine, including Captain Nickolos Frantzis, Staff Captain Philippos Dimoulas and Chief Engineer Evangelos Miskedakis. However, on the Hotel and Security side, things were different:

  • The Hotel Director, Sonja Gruber, is German
  • Security Chief and his deputy were both Israeli (Didn't catch their full names, but they were speaking Hebrew over the radio ... reminiscent of the late, great Ted Arison. *sigh* )
  • F&B Manager Andrzej Siedlar, guessing by his name, is likely Polish

As for the crew, there seemed to be very large Indian and Filipino contingents, with a few Eastern Europeans.

I wonder if this reflects a larger trend?

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Cruise Journal:

Celebrity, Mercury - Pacific Northwest - 4/08

Cruise Journal Entries:
Celebrity Mercury Mini-Review
Different Crewing?