Welcome to your Monthly Newsletter - July 2023
Lens beyond the guests… Welcome Empress crew to this July issue of your newsletter and here is a small snippet of what happened in July
Message from HD’s Desk
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. Your positive attitude and hard work are what makes you all great! . This is reflected in the Guest feedback comments that we receive from the Office telling us what a wonderful job each one of you . Also want to Thank the Crew Welfare Committee in providing activities during our sabbatical days . in addition to all Teams who carried out a lot of maintenance ,cleaning and inventory during our lean days. Continue in the same vein and I am proud to be associated with such a wonderful Ship’s Company.
Crew Football Tournament
Crew Welfare Committee headed by Brian and Faisal, organized a inter departmental Football Tournament in Chennai which a successful event with Entertainment Team lifting the wining trophy.
Teams of 8 participated in the tournament
Restaurant A v/s Entertainment
Bars v/s Housekeeping
Restaurant B v/s Deck & engine
Galley v/s Sanitation
We could see the team spirit and friendly yet hard core Football players eying out for the Trophy. Teams to enter the Semi- Final were
Restaurant B v/s ,Sanitation, Entertainment v/s Housekeeping.
The teams that have gone to Final is Restaurant B v/s Entertainment
Crew Cricket Tournament
Crew Welfare Committee headed by Brian and Faisal, organized a inter departmental Football Tournament in Chennai which a successful event with Galley Team lifting the wining trophy.
WE had 10 Teams competing with each other
1. Restaurant vs Housekeeping (Laundry)
2. Galley B vs Housekeeping
3. Entertainment A vs Engine
4. Spa, Shops vs Bar
5. Entertainment B vs Deck
Retro Night
The Crew Welfare is going Old School this Monday Night 31st July 2023 at the Crew Bar.
Be transported back in time, to an era of music so divine! Indulge in some Rock and Retro music making you take a trip down memory lane with our sensational Dj. Malcolm. A music mania that was enjoyed by all Crew .
Crew Bridge Tour
An initiative that was started and the SEC committee kindly approved the Bridge Tour for our Crew who have were keen to meet the Bridge Officers and learn and see more from that Top sight . So far we had 30 Crew went through the Bridge Tour for this month.
Antakshari
A friendly battle where Each contestant sings the first verse of a song that begins with the consonant of Hindi alphabet on which the previous contestant’s song ended and hone their singing and music skills.
Karaoke Night
More take on retro singing compared to new songs, A delightful evening with budding singers and maestro who have hidden talent.
Birthday celebrations in July
Cancer, Nurturing and loyal, Cancers are also protective of their loved ones. While reserved, they stand on a foundation of strength – and aren’t afraid to act when they feel it’s necessary. The symbol of the crab offers a key to understanding Cancers’ preternatural ability to know things without knowing how they know them.
Leo, Typical sun in Leo traits include being confident, comfortable being the center of attention, drama-adoring, ambitious, loyal, fiercely protective of their nearest and dearest, generous, luxury-loving, sunny, and big-hearted.
Employee Of the Month in July
Nominees
Ravindra Singh Bisht – Chef De Partie
Robert Rathinraj – Jr Bar Waiter
Vikram Rathod – Laundry Man
Abhishek Kumar – Engine Fitter
Winners take it all…
Sahu Simanchal – Deck AB
Faisal Shaikh – Restaurant Asst Waiter
Sheik Mohammed Mehboob – Galley Utility
Safety message for the month of July
Bridge Tour organized by SEC committee for our Crew. We had 160 crew already gone through this tour for July.
Safety Topic
Safety message for the month of July .
Task Oriented Ship's Company
Thank you to all Crew who worked in the 5 days cruise weeks to comp0lete the maintenance, cleaning, inventory as well for the Dancers and Performers who bought all the shows to live for all Crew.
Production Shows for Crew
The Theatre Cast and Crew put up all shows like Razmatazz, Balle Balle, Burlesque, Indian Cinemagic that not only enthralled the Crew by their performances but many crew got to know the Performers and Dancers on a personal level.
Movie Nights
Every Wednesday was a Movie Night for all Crew showing movies that were enjoyed by the movie buffs.