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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 486

  Commemorating ``Cruise Travel Professional Month'' in October 2016.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2016

    Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                           and Transportation

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Commemorating ``Cruise Travel Professional Month'' in October 2016.

Whereas Cruise Lines International Association was established in 1975 and as of 
        2016 is the largest cruise industry trade association in the world, 
        providing a unified voice and serving as the leading authority for the 
        global cruise community;
Whereas Cruise Lines International Association supports policies and practices 
        that foster a safe, secure, healthy, and sustainable cruise ship 
        environment and is dedicated to promoting the cruise travel experience;
Whereas approximately 10,000 travel agencies and 19,000 individual cruise travel 
        professionals are members of Cruise Lines International Association and 
        participate in ongoing professional development and training programs to 
        build cruise industry knowledge;
Whereas cruise travel professionals deliver value to consumers by providing 
        advice on choosing the best cruise based on the budgets and interests of 
        the customers and taking the worry out of vacation planning by arranging 
        the details of vacations;
Whereas cruise passengers have consistently ranked cruise travel professionals 
        as the most helpful sources of information and service among all 
        distribution channels used for purchasing cruises;
Whereas 70 percent of cruise passengers from the United States use a cruise 
        travel professional to plan and book a cruise vacation;
Whereas Cruise Lines International Association and cruise travel professionals 
        across the world celebrate and promote October as ``Plan a Cruise 
        Month'';
Whereas the United States has the most cruise passengers in the world, with 
        almost 11,500,000 cruise passengers in 2014;
Whereas the cruise industry in the United States generated 375,000 jobs across 
        all 50 States in 2014; and
Whereas, in 2014, the cruise industry spent $21,000,000,000 directly with United 
        States businesses and generated $46,000,000,000 in gross outputs due to 
        the spending of cruise lines and the crew and passengers of cruise 
        lines, including indirect economic impacts: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commemorates the inaugural ``Cruise Travel Professional 
        Month'' in October 2016;
            (2) acknowledges the creativity and professionalism of the 
        men and women of the cruise travel professional community; and
            (3) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        ``Cruise Travel Professional Month'' with appropriate 
        ceremonies and activities.
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