FCCA Reports Another Successful
Cruise Ship
Industry Meeting with Cayman Islands
Chamber of Commerce
July 31, 2001
The
Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) and senior management from
the Member Lines recently held a meeting with the Cayman Islands Chamber
of Commerce.
The Cayman
Islands Chamber of Commerce invited the FCCA to participate in a recent
meeting on Thursday, July 19th at the Marriott Grand Cayman
Beach Resort. The meeting assembled local business leaders
from the Chamber of Commerce, Honorable W. McKeeva Bush, Minister of Tourism
and FCCA delegates composed of Michele M. Paige, President of the FCCA,
Michael Ronan, Associate Vice President-Destination Development, Royal
Caribbean International, the Operations Committee Chairman, and Gordon
Buck, Director-Port Operations, Carnival Cruise Lines who discussed a
partnership between the Cayman Islands business community and the cruise
lines to insure the Cayman Islands is poised for the cruise industry of
the present and future in order to seize the benefits cruise tourism brings.
The meeting is designed to be the first in a series of meetings with the
FCCA so that a plan of action can be implemented that best suits the needs
of local businesses and satisfies the long term plans of the cruise lines.
"The Cayman Islands is very important to the cruise industry and
the business community. The July 19th meeting underlines
that the cruise industry is important to the economy of the Cayman Islands,
therefore it is imperative that a close working relationship be of prime
importance to both parties," state Michele M. Paige, President of
the FCCA.
To bring conclusion to a very successful meeting a special luncheon was
held aboard Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas for the FCCA delegates.
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