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Global Voyages Group’s Russell presents MBA cruise curriculum in Shanghai

Cruise industry veteran executive Tom Russell, chief operating officer at Seattle-based Global Voyages Group, presented a cruise curriculum to executive MBA students at Shanghai Maritime University.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

August 6, 2014

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The two-year program aims to cultivate high-quality management professionals in various aspects of the cruise industry, including ship construction, operation and management, cruise ship hotel management, marketing, destinations, cruise terminal management, finance and insurance.

'The keen interest and engagement shown by the course participants, the various cruise industry-related business concepts they are developing and the genuine desire to deepen their understanding certainly confirms the expectations that China will play a major role as a source market in the future of the cruise industry,' Russell said.

'It was a great honor and pleasure to be invited to present and to spend time with new potential colleagues in the industry from this part of the world.'

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Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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