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TOI 92 Exhibition And

Conference Scheduled

For Miami, May 19-21

The emergence of the tourist sub- marine industry in the 1990s will be a primary topic at the three-day

Tourist Oceanology International 92 (TOI 92) conference scheduled at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami,

Fla., May 19-21, 1992.

The choice of the tourist subma- rine industry as a primary topic at the conference is not surprising, as the number of passengers carried in safety since the early 1980s exceeds 1.5 million in what promises to be- come a $1 billion industry.

Other conference sessions will cover a wide variety of marine-re- lated topics, including marketing, finance and insurance, and marine leisure spending trends in the 1990s.

Tourist Submarines

The tourist submarine industry is one set for a period of sustained and dynamic growth throughout the 1990s. With 15 new submarines being built over the next year alone by 11 manufacturers worldwide, tourist submarines are a maturing industry—one that has carried some 1.5 million passengers in safety since the early 1980s.

Currently, there are around 20 companies designing or building tourist submarines. Some 45 sub- marines will be in service world- wide within the next 18 months pro-

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Cruise Ships

The cruise shipping industry is growing at around 11 percent per annum, and to meet this demand more than 80 new cruise ships are on order worldwide. This will in- crease the world cruise ship passen- ger capacity by 50 percent by 1994— a clear indicator that cruise lines see more people with disposable time and discretionary funds choosing marine recreation vacations.

Increasingly, cruise ship opera- tors are attracting younger passen- gers onto "floating fun palaces," and are exploiting the trend toward shorter holidays. Such cruises offer passengers active marine recreation opportunities, be it visits to remote tropical islands, tourist submarine trips or scuba/snorkeling activity.

Semisubmersibles

There are currently 15 semisubmersibles off Australia's

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Symposium In Fall, 1992

The Northern New England Sec- tion of The American Society of Na- val Engineers (ASNE) will host a technical symposium titled "The

DDG 51 Class, a Surface Combat- ant for the 21st Century; From De- sign to Construction, the Evolution- ary Process," in Brunswick, Maine, on September 23-25, 1992.

The symposium is being spon- sored by the Supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion and Repair,

USN, Bath, Maine, with coopera- tion from the American Society of

Naval Engineers and participation from the Bath Iron Works Corpora- tion.

The meeting will be held at the

Atrium Inn and Convention Center in Brunswick, and will feature many presentations and speeches from prominent members of the marine industry.

For more information, contact

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