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Article: Hostesses create smooth sailing for cruise ship passengers
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- August 5, 2006
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HAMBURG: Some little problem always arises on board a cruise ship.
It might be just misplaced sunglasses or a forgotten toothbrush, but
whatever it is, it's good that there's someone available to take care
of it.
But what do you call this member of the crew? There isn't really a
standardized title. She used to be referred to as a sort of "auntie
who takes care of things," but these days titles sound more dynamic,
said Johann Zurnieden of the cruise ship committee of the German
Travel Association.
"Sometimes they are called butler, sometimes concierge or
hostess," said Zurnieden, director of Phoenix Travel, a travel agency