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Celebrity to sail cruise with all-female bridge
https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Celebrity-to-sail-cruise-with-all-female-bridge
By Rebecca Tobin / Cruise / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Nov 19, 2019
“NEW YORK -- Celebrity Cruises will operate a cruise departing on International Women's Day next year with an all-female bridge and senior officer team.
The cruise, which departs Fort Lauderdale on March 8, will be on the Celebrity Edge. The bridge will be helmed by Kate McCue, the first female American cruise ship captain. And 26 other women will be stationed in leadership capacities, including staff captain Maria Gotor, hotel director Niina Hautaniemi, cruise director Sue Denning and guest relations director Julie Sherrington.
Celebrity CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo said in an interview that the line has done other events to coincide with the day, but that "we wanted to take it to a different level. And the idea came up that, what if we had an all-female bridge, because we can....”
A collage created by Celebrity Cruises shows the women who will head the operations of the Celebrity Edge on the International Women's Day sailing in 2020.
https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Celebrity-to-sail-cruise-with-all-female-bridge
By Rebecca Tobin / Cruise / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Nov 19, 2019
“NEW YORK -- Celebrity Cruises will operate a cruise departing on International Women's Day next year with an all-female bridge and senior officer team.
The cruise, which departs Fort Lauderdale on March 8, will be on the Celebrity Edge. The bridge will be helmed by Kate McCue, the first female American cruise ship captain. And 26 other women will be stationed in leadership capacities, including staff captain Maria Gotor, hotel director Niina Hautaniemi, cruise director Sue Denning and guest relations director Julie Sherrington.
Celebrity CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo said in an interview that the line has done other events to coincide with the day, but that "we wanted to take it to a different level. And the idea came up that, what if we had an all-female bridge, because we can....”
A collage created by Celebrity Cruises shows the women who will head the operations of the Celebrity Edge on the International Women's Day sailing in 2020.