Daniel Farkas was unanimously accepted by the Operations Committee as NCLH’s nomination for the place that rotates each two years to make sure all FCCA Member Traces have illustration. He replaces Russell Benford, Vice President, Authorities Relations, Americas, Royal Caribbean Group, who will proceed to serve on the Committee.
MIRAMAR, FL – Florida-Caribbean Cruise Affiliation (FCCA) – the commerce affiliation that represents the mutual pursuits of locations and stakeholders all through the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico, together with Member Traces that function over 90 % of the worldwide cruising capability – announce that Daniel S. Farkas, Govt Vice President and Normal Counsel of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH), has been appointed because the incoming FCCA Operations Committee Chair.
“I’m honored by the appointment as FCCA Operations Committee Chair and excited to proceed constructing upon the successes the group has achieved,” stated Farkas. “We’ll give attention to strengthening {our relationships} with locations, ports and FCCA members, together with representing the trade to attain mutual success. Throughout my tenure further focus will likely be positioned on additional creating and enhancing the visitor expertise on the locations whereas increasing alternatives for stakeholders and residents.”
Farkas was unanimously accepted by the Operations Committee as NCLH’s nomination for the place that rotates each two years to make sure all FCCA Member Traces have illustration. He replaces Russell Benford, Vice President, Authorities Relations, Americas, Royal Caribbean Group, who will proceed to serve on the Committee.
“Serving as FCCA Operations Committee Chair over the past two years has additional confirmed the importance of partnership and collaboration, with that basis by the platform of FCCA and the Operations Committee being essential to rebounding from an unprecedented occasion like COVID-19,” stated Benford. “I stay up for persevering with these efforts whereas nonetheless being a part of the Committee, and I’m assured that Mr. Farkas will navigate us in the fitting path.”
As Operations Committee Chair, Farkas will lead efforts together with month-to-month conferences open to the whole group and FCCA companions; typically scheduled on-line and in-person conferences with locations and stakeholders; web site visits, together with City Corridor Conferences, evaluations of merchandise and training of personal and public sectors; and conferences and workshops at FCCA occasions such because the PAMAC Summit, taking tempo within the Cayman Islands from June 20-23, 2023; the FCCA Platinum Cruise Summit aboard Holland America Line’s Eurodom from February 15-18, 2023; and the twenty ninth annual FCCA Cruise Convention & Commerce Present, going down in Mazatlán, Mexico from November 6-10, 2023.
In all, he’ll advance the Committee’s core rules: discussing cruise trade matters, reminiscent of tourism improvement, ports, security and safety; fostering an understanding of the trade and its practices; constructing bilateral relationships with FCCA’s companion locations’ personal and public sectors; fostering elevated income alternatives for ports and locations; and enhancing the vacation spot expertise and quantity of cruise passengers returning as stay-over guests.
“I’m humbled by the continued dedication of FCCA Member Line executives,” stated Michele Paige, CEO of FCCA. “Our total objective has all the time been to strengthen mutual understanding and success, and the involvement of so many cruise executives like Russell Benford and Daniel Farkas isn’t solely pivotal for that, but in addition demonstrates the significance of our initiatives to the trade.”
In his place at NCLH, Farkas oversees all elements of the Authorized, Danger Administration, Company Governance and Compliance, Passenger and Crew Claims Authorities Affairs, Building, Port Operations and Port Improvement areas. Farkas can be the Firm’s Company Ethics Officer and presently serves on the board of administrators of the Cruise Trade Charitable Basis and the Steamship Mutual Underwriting Affiliation Restricted in addition to numerous different committees throughout the Norwegian Group.
Previous to becoming a member of Norwegian, Farkas served as an Assistant State Lawyer for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County underneath each Janet Reno and Katherine Fernandez Rundle and was a Associate as a boutique legislation agency specializing in maritime litigation. Farkas joined Norwegian in January 2004 and beforehand held the positions of Senior Vice President, Vice President and Assistant Normal Counsel.
Farkas holds a Bachelor of Artwork diploma Cum Laude, with honors in English and American Literature from Brandeis College and a Juris Doctorate diploma from the College of Miami.
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