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Article: Riding the waves: cruise-ship meeting company Landry & Kling Meetings at Sea sets sail on its own, again.(HOSPITALITY)
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- August 1, 2005
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Travel industry pioneers Josephine "Jo" Kling and Joyce Landry seem to find success less than a challenge.
The business partners recently spun off their corporate cruise-line meetings company, Landry & Kling Meetings at Sea, from its comfortable spot as part of a travel conglomerate, and have struck out on their own.
The move is risky, because Landry & Kling focuses on putting together corporate meetings, conferences and incentive trips on cruise liners, operating in a segment of the hospitality industry--business group travel--that is often the first thing companies cut when economic crisis hits.
Even so, taking risks has rewarded the two ...