Cunard Welcomes Warren Titus Aboard Royal Viking Sun; Former Head of Royal Viking Line Joins Passengers on 1999 World Cruise.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1998--Cunard Line is pleased to announce that Warren Titus, cruise industry veteran and the former President and Chairman of Royal Viking Line The Royal Viking Line was an upmarket cruise line that operated from 1972 until 1999. The company was the brain child of Warren Titus[1] and had its headquarters at One Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. , will join passengers sailing on the South Island Sojourn, the second segment of the 1999 World Cruise aboard Royal Viking Sun, the world's number one rated medium sized cruise ship. Titus will deliver talks about the evolution of luxury cruising during the voyage, departing Jan. 22nd from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on a 17-day journey through the South Pacific to Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . He will also host a special cocktail reception during the cruise, expected to be a warm reunion of many loyal Royal Viking Sun passengers. "I am delighted the Directors of Cunard Line have invited me to sail on Royal Viking Sun next year," said Titus. "I look forward to reminiscing about the great age of ocean travel, and I'm especially looking forward to seeing many familiar faces, both passengers and crew." Titus, a past chairman of the Cruise Line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the Industry Association, currently serves as senior vice president of Seabourn Cruise Line and as chairman of its Seabourn Club. The recent merger of Cunard Line and Seabourn Cruise Line has reunited Titus and the Royal Viking Sun, one of the ships he designed during his 17-year tenure as the president and then chairman of Royal Viking Line. Cunard acquired the Royal Viking Sun in July 1994. The Royal Viking Sun's 1999 Grand Circle Pacific & Orient Odyssey World Cruise begins its 122-day journey with a Jan. 8, 1999 departure from the Port of Miami, and returns to Miami May 10. A variety of segments are available in addition to the full World Cruise. Cunard Line Ltd., comprising Cunard Line and Seabourn Cruise Line, offers the most distinguished and acclaimed luxury cruise vacation experience in the world. Its fleet includes the five Cunard Ships: Queen Elizabeth 2; Royal Viking Sun; Vistafjord; Sea Goddess I and II, and Seabourn's three ships: Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Spirit and Seabourn Legend. This eight-ship fleet represents nearly 50 percent of the world's luxury cruise market. Carnival Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. ) is the major shareholder in Cunard Line Ltd., amongst a group of investors that acquired Cunard from Kvaerner ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and and simultaneously merged it with Seabourn Cruise Line in May 1998. For more information, contact your travel counselor or Cunard at 800/5-CUNARD or on the Internet at http://www.cunardline.com. CONTACT: Cunard Peter J. Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. or JoNell Modys, 305/463-3240 |
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