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Seabourn Names Captain, Hotel Director for New Seabourn Ovation

SEATTLE,August 22, 2017 - Seabourn, the world's finest ultra-luxury cruiseline, has named Stig Betten as captain of its newest vessel, Seabourn Ovation, and Helmut Huber ashotel director.

Betten will oversee all operations of the line's newest vessel, which isscheduled to launch in May 2018 in Italy. Huber will oversee the hoteldepartment, which includes suites, housekeeping, and food & beverageservices.

"These gentlemen are two seasoned professionals and they will be fantasticas we launch Seabourn Ovation," said Richard Meadows, president ofSeabourn. "They both have years of luxury experience to guide them and ourguests and crews have really enjoyed their distinct personalities during priorassignments on our ships. I'm confident they will do well as they provideleadership throughout the ship's delivery and into the maiden season."

Betten was born and raised in the small village called Surnadal on the westcoast of Norway. Hailing from many generations of seafarers, it was natural forBetten to follow in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and greatgrandfather by choosing a career at sea. Betten began his seagoing career in1997, initially with a Norwegian seismic exploration company. He joinedSeabourn in 2001 and has worked his way up the ranks from Second Officer toCaptain. He has been assigned on past Seabourn ships Pride, Spirit,and Legend, as well as Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojournand Seabourn Quest, including being a part of the start-up team as StaffCaptain during the construction of SeabournSojourn and SeabournQuest. When he is not at sea, Betten enjoys spending time with hisfamily in Istanbul. When visiting his hometown in Norway, he enjoys fishing,trekking and hunting.

Huber is a native of Innsbruck, Austria. He started his career in the cruiseindustry in 1992 as a busboy/assistant waiter, working his way up throughvarious positions to the management level. After almost 10 years at sea, Huberdecided to go back to university, acquiring several degrees and certificates.Once he completed his studies, he returned to the hospitality industry in Food& Beverage and Hotel Management positions at luxury properties beforereturning to the cruise industry in 2007. Huber joined Seabourn in 2015 asHotel Director. He splits time between Innsbruck and Los Angeles during histime off, where he enjoys activities such as scuba diving, snow skiing,mountain biking and travel.

Seabourn Ovation will expand and build on the line's award-winning andhighly acclaimed Odyssey-class ships, which revolutionized ultra-luxurycruising with enhanced accommodations and innovative amenities when they wereintroduced between 2009 and 2011. Seabourn Ovation will maintain theline's high ratio of space per guest, enabling highly personalized service. Asister ship, Seabourn Encore, launched to much acclaim in December 2016.

Designed by hospitality design icon Adam D. Tihany, SeabournOvation will feature modern design elements and innovations consistent withthe line's reputation for understated elegance in a yacht-like environment. The40,350-GRT ship will be configured to carry just 600 guests, based on doubleoccupancy. Every suite will also feature a private veranda supported byimpeccable service.

Seabourn will continue to reveal updates about Seabourn Ovation via the dedicated microsite. Filled with imagery, details and newsof the ship's continuing progress, the microsite offers an inside look at thenext addition to the newest fleet in the ultra-luxury category.

For more details about the award-winning Seabourn fleet, or to explore theworldwide selection of Seabourn cruising options, contact a travelprofessional, call Seabourn at 1-800-929-9391 or visit www.seabourn.com.

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Brian Badura
(206) 626-9158 or BBadura@seabourn.com
or
Ashley Fenton
Hawkins International Public Relations
(212) 255-6541 or Ashley@hawkpr.com

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