MIAMI, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) announced today that Paul T. Parker has been named senior vice
president and chief human resources officer. Parker joins
Royal Caribbean with more than 20 years of experience implementing
human resources strategies for leading brands including Sabra
Dipping Company, Deloitte & Touche, Colgate Palmolive, Campbell
Soup and Nabisco Food Company. Parker will report directly to
Adam Goldstein, president and COO of
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
"What made Paul stand out for us during the interview process
was his comprehensive knowledge of state-of-the-art best practices
in human resources management," said Goldstein. "His
background and skills are ideally suited for the role of leading
and managing our HR organization as we strive to identify, hire,
develop, motivate and retain the best employees, both shipboard and
shoreside, responsible for providing our guests with extraordinary
vacations."
Parker most recently served as vice president and chief human
resources officer for Sabra Dipping Company, where he established a
market-based compensation system, revised the selection and
onboarding process and reduced turnover by 50 percent while
increasing employee engagement scores by 25 percent. Prior to
that, Parker was the senior client partner for BSG Partners.
Throughout his career, he has held a variety of management
positions, including chief people officer for Deloitte and vice
president of human resources for Colgate Palmolive.
Parker graduated from New York
University's Leonard N. Stern
School of Business with a MBA, and from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Human Resource
Management.
As of December 31, 2014, Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., excluding the 50 percent joint venture, TUI
Cruises, employed more than 64,000 employees, including 58,000
shipboard employees as well as 5,700 full-time and 600 part-time
employees in our shoreside operations.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) is a global cruise
vacation company that owns Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity
Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises and CDF Croisières de
France, as well as TUI Cruises
through a 50 percent joint venture. Together, these six brands
operate a combined total of 43 ships with an additional six under
construction contracts, and two on firm order. They operate diverse
itineraries around the world that call on approximately 490
destinations on all seven continents. Additional information can be
found at www.RCLcorporate.com.
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SOURCE Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.