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New, reimagined cruise ship to bring the outdoors in

Published Tue, Mar 14, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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RICHARD Fain, the chief executive officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, is willing to bet US$5 billion that he can take everything you know about cruising and flip it upside down. Or at least outside in.

On Monday, he and Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, chief executive of Celebrity Cruises - one of three brands in the Royal Caribbean family - announced a new category of ship that, among other transformational design moves, brings stateroom balconies indoors. With a push of a button, the floor-to-ceiling windows of Celebrity Edge-class staterooms retract like a super-sleek garage door, leaving nothing but a simple glass railing between your living room furniture and the crystal-blue sea.

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