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Article: Piloting the 'Love Boat.' (Princess Cruise Lines Pres Peter Ratcliffe) (Journal Profile)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 20, 1993
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Princess Cruises President Peter Ratcliffe navigates the bottom line
Peter Ratcliffe could easily play the part of one of those shy, slightly awkward great-guy characters who seemed to regularly appear on the old "Love Boat" television show.
After a series of events that would test his mettle, the Ratcliffe-type character would usually end the show as a winner.
Ratcliffe never did appear on that program, but he is president of Princess Cruises, the Century City-based line that traces much of its success back to that somewhat-hokey series about the lives of crew members and passengers aboard a cruise ship.
Just like one of those unassuming "Love ...