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Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Gets Second Ship

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line sails two night trips from West Palm Beach to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. They current operate the ex-Carnival Celebration and have renamed her Grand Celebration. They also hired former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan to run the line.…

Former NCL CEO Back in Cruise Industry

Former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan is back in the cruise industry. After abruptly leaving NCL in January 2015, for personal reasons I’m told, Sheehan will helm the new management team that will operate Paradise Cruise Line. Paradise Cruise Line is the…

Drew Masden Resigns at NCL; Andy Stuart To Replace Him

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Kind of surprising news here. In October, it was announced that Drew Masden would take over as COO; as they started shedding some of soon-to-depart Kevin Sheehan’s responsibilities. Today, NCL announced that he resigned and long time favorite Andy Stuart…

Kevin Sheehan To Exit NCL

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Kevin Sheehan will be leaving Norwegian Cruise Line. The current CEO of Prestige, Frank Del Rio, will take over. More on this story as it develops. Press Release at the bottom of this post. It was under his leadership that Mr.…

BREAKING: NCL Orders Another Ship

NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan announced that they have officially ordered a sister ship to the Breakaway Plus. She’s being called internally “Breakaway Plus II.” She will be the same 163000GRT and carry 4200 pax (double occupancy). She will be scheduled…

NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan Walks The Plank

On Norwegian Breakaway that is. His facial expression is priceless. via @CruiseNorwegian UPDATE: Here’s more photos of NCL Executives testing out the water slides. CEO Kevin Sheehan via @SeatradeInsider Sales (L to R) Andy Stuart, Nick Wilkinson, Francis Riley via…

C.E.-D’oh: Featuring NCL’s Kevin Sheehan

Here is an amazing quote from NCL’s CEO Kevin Sheehan: “Thank god we are building the [Breakaway] in Germany,” said Sheehan, as Norwegian Cruise Line is back with Meyer Werft, which built previous generations of the cruise line’s ships. –CIN…

Finance Friday: NCL to Go Public (Stock Market)

UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Turns out NCL will wait for better Market Conditions to launch their IPO acc’d to CIN. UPDATE SATURDAY:CruiseIndustryNews chimed in with this bit of info. NCL will be traded on the NASDAQ under ticker NCLH   NCL today…

BREAKING: NCL CEO Acknowledges Epic’s Controversial Design

In an interview with uber-cruise-site Cruise Critic, NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan stated: We thought [the courtyard complex] through in the Project Breakaway planning, and so it’ll be more integrated into the structure this time around. What must have happened [on…

Not The First Cruise Exec to go Undercover

Last night was the premier of NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan’s appearance on Undercover Boss. It’s a show where the CEO of big companies go under cover and work the hardest jobs and do the most difficult tasks that are in…