Cruise Expert Witnesses

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Travel & Tourism - Travel Agency, Tour Operator, Travel Technology, Airline, Cruise, OTA, Host Agency, Independent Contractor, Standard of Care, Duty of Care, Contract Breach, Travel Fraud, Fiduciary Duty, Seller of Travel, Fulfillment Dispute, Travel Insurance, Hotel, Forensic Analysis, Merchant of Record, GDS

Areas of Expertise • Travel Industry & Tourism Standards: Standard operating procedures (SOPs), industry standard of care, duty of care, fiduciary duties, consumer disclosures, and merchant-of-record (MOR) compliance. • Travel Creation, Pricing & Sales Lifecycle: Product manufacturing, packaging, dynamic pricing infrastructure, distribution, marketing, and omni-channel sales (online, B2B and B2C networks, and brick-and-mortar) for airlines, cruise lines, and tour packages. • Travel Sellers & Host Agency Networks: Traditional retail travel agencies, Host Agencies, Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), independent consultant (IC) programs, independent contractor agreements, commission/override structures, and consortia networks. • Travel Technology & Distribution Systems: Global Distribution Systems (GDS), central reservation systems (CRS), booking engines, API integrations, data infrastructure, and proprietary travel management software. • Risk Management & Liability: Travel insurance stru...

Houston, Texas

Maritime, Safety - Captain, Seaman, Gangway, Master Mariner, Seamanship, Boat, Ship, Collision, Deck, Shipboard Safety, Allision, Cruise, Safety, navigation, shiphandling, rules of the road

Captain McKamie has 48 years of experience in the maritime industry both at sea and ashore. Captain McKamie is a licensed Unlimited Master Mariner for over 33 years and is a retired U. S. Navy Captain. At sea Captain McKamie was Captain of a very large crude carrier that traded on U. S. domestic and international voyages. While in the Navy Captain McKamie taught shiphandling to Prospective Commanding Officers and Prospective Executive Officers at the Navy School for Shiphandling. Ashore Captain McKamie has management experience in vessel manning, crew training and marine insurance. McKamie, a graduate of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York might assist you in matters involving marine cargo, marine insurance, marine casualties, marine collisions, marine navigation, marine seamanship, deck seamanship, marine allisions, marine rules of the road, seamanship, seaman claims, marine radar, International Safety Management Code (ISM) application, SOLAS, marine safet...