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The Fincantieri-built Statendam, a 54,000-dwt, 2,100passenger cruise ship, was delivered to Holland American Line.

Seatrade Cruise Shipping '93

Environmental, Economic Issues Added To Conference Seminar Program

The Seatrade Cruise Ship-ping '93 Conference & Ex-hibition, set for March 16-20 at the Miami Beach

Convention Center, anticipates more than 5,000 participants at what has grown to be one of the cruise industry's largest forums.

The 1993 show combines an ex- hibition, with approximately 600 exhibition booths, and an educa- tional conference, with sessions scheduled to cover the hottest top- ics of the day.

With the cruising industry's growing sensitivity to the environ- ment, a new session entitled "Cruis- ing and the Environment" is among dozens scheduled for the 1993 con- ference, the ninth annual such in- ternational forum sponsored by the

Seatrade Organization. For the second year, the event is being co- sponsored by the Florida-Carib- bean Cruise Association.

The show attracts worldwide industry leaders for a full slate of debates, discussions, ship inspec- tions and exhibition floor interac- tions. "As cruising continues to grow at a faster rate than any other leisure/vacation sector, those in the industry are looking to maximize every business opportunity, and

Seatrade Cruise Shipping '93 is spe- cifically designed with this in mind," said Christopher Hayman,

Seatrade's managing director. "This year's expanded program offers a range of operational, technical, mar- keting and financial themes reflect- ing the diverse needs and interests of the participants."

The 1993 keynote address is sched- uled to be delivered by Rod McLeod, senior vice president of sales and marketing of Royal Caribbean

Cruises Ltd. and current chairman of Cruise Lines International Asso- ciation. The conference is scheduled to open with the usual "State of the

Industry" debate.

Also new to the conference is a marketing forum let by Robert H.

Dickinson, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Carnival Cruise

Lines, a session which will examine industry challenges. Other topics on the conference agenda include itin- eraries of the future, fleet expansion, cruising in Europe, vessel design/ refurbishment and the safety factor and on-board entertainment facili- ties for the whole family. Revisions to the schedule for 1993 were done to ensure maximum interaction be- tween exhibitors and delegates. "Exhibit-only" periods have been added to give delegates opportunities to view the exhibition without con- flictingwith conference sessions. Del- egates may also register for cruise ship visits and social programs.

Exhibitors range from shipbuild- ing and capital equipment to port and tourism authorities to manu- facturers of on-board furnishings and related services. The interna- tional exhibitor contingent includes companies from the U.S. West Coast,

Italy, the Caribbean, Germany,

Canada, France, Belgium, Norway, the U.K., Finland and Brazil.

For additional information, con- tact: The Seatrade Organization,

Gerry Milano, Princeton Forrestal

Village, 125 Village Blvd., Suite 220,

Princeton, N.J. 08540-5703; tel: (609) 452-9414; fax: (609) 452-9374,

CRUISE SHIPPING 93:

EDUCATION & SOCIAL

EVENTS

Tuesday, March 16 2:30 p.m. —Official Opening 2:35-4 p.m. — CARIBBEAN FO-

RUM: Development of the partner- ship between the cruise industry and the Caribbean destinations. 4 p.m. — Exhibition Opening 4-7 p.m.—EXHIBITION HOURS 5:30 p.m.—Welcoming Reception

Wednesday, March 17 9-11:30 p.m. - KEYNOTE AD-

DRESS: Roderick McLeod, senior vice president, sales and marketing,

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., and chairman, Cruise Lines International

Association (CLIA) "STATE OF THE INDUSTRY' De- bate: Participants include: Kirk

Lanterman, president, Holland

America Line-Westours Inc.; Dermot

McDermott, chairman, Cunard Line

Ltd.; Arthur Rodney, president, Crys- tal Cruises Inc.; and Martin

Saarikangas, president, Kvaerner

Masa-Yards Inc. 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. — EXHIBI-

TION HOURS 1 p.m. — Luncheon 2:30-4:30 p.m.—CRUISING AND

THE ENVIRONMENT: Chaired by

Richard Fain, chairman and CEO,

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 1) "Cruising and Conservation"

Silvio Magalhaes Barros II, subsecretary of tourism, Government of the State of Amazon. 2) "Waste Disposal and Marpol V" 52 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News