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Cruise Shipping Shov

Returns To Miami

Th\ 13th annual Cruise Shipping show Vail be staged in Florida at the Miami Beach Convention

Center this year, and is scheduled to take plafce on March 11-15. The conference wdl be centered on the theme of globalization, with an emphasis on Irow new ship con- struction and new market develop- ment are driving the expansion of the industry.

According to /show organizers, this year's eve/t is expected to be 20 percent larger than last year's show, with/n any new exhibitors and products, particularly in the interactive equipment segment.

Spain, tie newest nation to join the list oi exhibitors, will be repre- sented atyhe show by a separate pavilion highlighting its national equipment aHd service suppliers.

Companies frcma the Caribbean,

Finland, France,\Germany, Italy,

Norway and the U.K- will also con- vene in national pa\

A State of the Inc has been scheduled, ed to bring togetl guished panel of cri tives. The conferer

Jions. lustry debate

Ind is expect- fer a distin- (se line execu- te program will ue our worldwid^xpansion.

The amj»«f?cement came on tf of the introduction of^"

Grandeur of the Seas, the third of six Vision-class ships entering ser- vice through 1998.

HAL Donatesb^rrnysp layman Environmentc

Preservation Effort

On Dec. 16, 1996, Holland

America Line (HAL) reportedly donated $100,000 to The National

Trust for the Cayman Islands for the development and preservation of a marine bird sanctuary on

Little Cayman Island. The dona- tion was announced at a press con- also include discissions of new niche-marketinsf innovations and the changing business of passenger shipbuilding

For mor/ information, contact

Michael Kazakoff or Susan

Stokes / at Miller Freeman (Princetpn) Inc., tel: (609) 452- 9414; fafc: (609) 542-9374.

RCCL Names Williams To

Presidency

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) recently announced the appointment of 1 ack Williams as president of the cruise line, effec- tive Januarw6, 1997. Formerly vice president and general sales manager ior American Airlines,

Mr. Williams replaces the line's founding President, Edwin

StepharVwho was named RCCL's vice chairman in January 1996. "We are exwemely pleased to wel- come Jack WiUiams to the Royal

Caribbean management team," said RCCL CEO Pochard D. Fain. "His wealth of accperience and broad understanding of the global marketplace will h/ve a significant impact on our efforts as we contin-

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