Royal Caribbean opened its representative office in France on July 1st and has now appointed its executive committee.

Frédéric Martinez is in charge of three brands of Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises Club, while the Management Committee is composed of

• Rohiba Deloubriere, Sales Manager
• Anne Mulachy, Marketing Director
• Claudio Contrada, Director of Operations
• Valerie Nobis, Chief Pricing and Revenue Management
• Marcel Winter, Chief Financial Officer
• Elsa Vincent, Director of Human Resources

In 2012, Royal Caribbean will offer new cruises from four French ports: Marseille, Toulon, Le Havre and Pointe- à-Pitre.

For the first time, Royal Caribbean will offer cruises departing from the harbor of Toulon, France next year. Every Sunday from June 3 to October 21, 2012, Liberty of the Seas will sail from the port of La Seyne-sur-Mer for cruises of eight days and seven nights in the western Mediterranean.

Commissioned in 2008, this giant 339 feet long and 158,000 tons in 1800 has cabins, a capacity of 3600 passengers in double. The cruises available with boarding at La Seyne will dock in Villefranche-sur-Mer, Livorno (trips to Pisa and Florence), Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples and Barcelona, ​​before returning to the harbor of Toulon.

Note that this year, the Liberty of the Seas is already visiting the port Var, without loading or unloading of passengers. 

Royal Caribbean announced today that it will open a new corporate office in Paris, France in July 2011 due to "increasing local demand and as part of the company's international growth strategy".

The head of this new office will be Frederic Martinez, who joins the cruise giant after a career in marketing, commercial and management roles for American Express and Air France-KLM.

Royal Caribbean's new corporate office will be located Blvd. Haussmann in Paris' central business district and will include sales, marketing and commercial operations personnel to serve the company's three cruise brands: Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises.  Prior to opening this new office, Royal Caribbean's presence in France was limited to an international representative office.

Cruisers sailing on Royal Caribbean in 2012 will have some new sailings to choose from from three French ports - LeHavre, Toulon and Marseille.  The European deployment is adding numerous departures and overall, Royal Caribbean International is adding 23 ports in seven additional countries to its European schedule. 

Royal Caribbean Executive Vice President Michael Bayley talked about the new office and its goals, "We know that our guests from France enjoy our brands, products and destination offerings.  Frederic is tasked with growing the business and responding to customer demand in France on issues such as enhanced product offerings during July and August, and creating fly and cruise packages for the Caribbean."