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Cruise Industry Annual chairman and chief executive officer of

Renaissance Cruises, Inc., announced that the company's affiliate -- R

Shipping, Inc. -- signed a binding let- ter of intent with the GEC Alsthom sub- sidiary Chantiers de I'Atlantique for the construction of three, 600-passen- ger cruise ships. Projected cost for the three vessels is in excess of $500 mil- lion.

In May, Celebrity Cruises entered the

Alaskan market, with the positioning of its 46,811 -ton luxury vessel Horizon in the state, for a series of seven-night

Inside Passage and Glacier Route voy- ages. According to Celebrity

President Richard E. Sacco, 'The repo- sitioning of the fleet has enabled

Celebrity to enter this market with a stimulating Alaska cruise experience combined with Celebrity's distinctive,

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On March 18, in a special ceremony at Chantiers de I'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, Royal

Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Chairman and

CEO Richard Fain accepted delivery of the company's newest ship -- 1,800- passenger, 69,130-ton Splendour of the Seas. Splendour is the first of five ships the company will introduce dur- ing the next two years, with additional passenger capacity totaling 7,900 passengers. For more information, visit the cruise line's web site at http://www.royalcaribbean.com.

British company Gradus Lighting

Ltd. has introducted a new, low locat- ing lighting system designed to pro- vide clear and bright illumination for safe evacuation of passengers from smoke-filled cruise vessel areas. The system, Pathfinder, has been specifi- cally formulated for compliance with

IMO's 1997 requirements.

Early in 1996, Holland American

Line (HAL) announced that its flagship

Rotterdam would be officially retired from service in September 1997. On

March 13, HAL said that its newest cruise vessel, scheduled to enter ser- vice on August 1, in time for the com- pany's one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary, had been named

Rotterdam VI. The 62,000-ton, 1,320-passenger ship is under con- struction at Fincantieri's Marghera facility. The cruise line also reaffirmed its historic ties to Holland by reflagging seven of its eight large luxury cruise ships in the Netherlands on May 13.

In April, U.K.-based Information

Management Consultants (IMC) became the new owners of Ocean

Satellite Television, bringing together the passenger services of both compa- nies. "This move will allow us to give our cruise customers a much wider choice of news products," said Bernie

Thomas, one of IMC's joint managing directors. IMC can now offer newly developed services to cruise passen- gers, such as personal stock portfolio daily reports and credit card valida- tion while at sea.

SeaVision, Inc. introduced its new interactive television system at Cruise

Shipping '96. This system is a further development of the system installed on

Norwegian Cruise Line's Dreamward in September 1995, which provides passengers with a wide variety of ser- vices, including shore excursion pre- view and purchasing, room service, wine ordering, gaming and in-cabin movies.

California-based Sea Tel, a provider

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