Royal Caribbean International is partnering with USA Today on a contest to name the world's two largest cruise ships, currently code-named "Genesis I" and "Genesis II."
The winner of the naming contest will attend the naming ceremony as well as embark on a week-long, first-class, expense-paid cruise vacation on the ship he or she named. The six-week-long contest breaks maritime tradition where heads of state, corporations and governments selected the name of a ship.
Royal Caribbean said it is believed this is the first time that a member of the general public, not associated with the cruise industry, will have the chance to name a major cruise ship. The contest kicked off Friday in USA Today and on its website. The paper will look at how ships are traditionally named and how repetitive cruise ship names historically have been.
Readers will then be invited to submit their names for the new ships at www.namethatship.usatoday.com by Feb. 29. The Genesis ships will be 220,000 tons and accommodate 5,400 guests each. They are scheduled to debut in 2009 and 2010.
Source: Modern Agent
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