Carnival marketing and communications blunder will be written about in Harvard Business Review MBA cases as one of the biggest screw-ups of any major corporation in such a short time.

MSC is saying if you see your competition self- sabotaging and about to lose the battle, kick them in the nuts.

Texas is known for hurricanes and storms and this MSC storm is going to blow lots of customers from Carnival Cruise Line in Galveston over to MSC.

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