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In an age of the new millennium, where gas turbines are becoming all the rage in the cruise industry, and owners are requiring quicker construction turnaround times, Tillberg Design is focused on rolling with the trends of the industry that sometimes change on a daily basis.

Continuing to employ its expansion efforts with added designers to meet the bottom lines set out by cruise owners, the company has gone beyond the cur- rent trends with the development of some futuristic design on their drawing tables. Although these images have not yet been adopted and/or bought by cruise owners, new technology enables designers to create images such as these so that when owners are ready to embrace the future, Tillberg Design will be fast to meet their needs. "The idea we have developed is to present a very fast, sleek looking ship to owners," Tomas said. "But," he cautioned, "If you have to step too far into the future, you step out of practicality."

The practicality that Tomas is referring to is lack of funds, as these technologically driven designs could end up costing owners more than what can fit into their budgets.

However, though, Tomas predicts that eventually evolution will occur and owners will want to imple- ment these futuristic creations. "If there's hesitation that it wouldn't work, then it (the ship) doesn't get built," Tomas said. "There has to be an evolution — maybe someone will be interested — per- haps in possibly five to ten years."

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