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NEWTON, Mass., June 2, 2008 -- TripAdvisor today announced several key appointments in its management team.

SEATTLE, April 30, 2008 -- Ambassadors has appointed Diane Moore President of Windstar Cruises, the boutique luxury line known for its modern sailing ships and "pampering without pretense."

Moore has held the role of EVP of Marketing, Sales, Reservations, Guest Services and Customer Relations for Windstar Cruises since 2007 after joining the company earlier in the year as SVP of Marketing and Sales for Windstar Cruises and Majestic America Line.

SEATTLE, April 29, 2008 -- With the promotion of Wayne Byers to SVP of HR at Carnival Corp, Holland America Line today announced two key promotions within its organization.

MIAMI, April 29, 2007 -- Carnival Corp today announced the appointment of Wayne Byers to the newly created position of SVP for Global Human Resources.

For as long as anyone can remember, cruising has been surprisingly resistant to inflation. Indeed, as HAL CEO Stein Kruse mused at the last Seatrade Miami:

"We genuinely believe cruise companies are driven to protect the seas and the earth." That's a direct quote from Jamie Sweeting, from Conservation International, on a CLIA PR video shown at the Seatrade 2008 State of the Industry.

I wrote it down exactly because I thought it was so ridiculous.

MIAMI, April 24, 2008 -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today former Conservation International activist Jamie Sweeting as VP of Environmental Stewardship.

MIAMI, April 9, 2008 -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today named Christer Schoug as the company's vice president of Newbuildings. The position is new to the company.