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Royal Caribbean Names New Senior Vice President

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

June 14, 2013

Royal Caribbean International announced the appointment of Carol Schuster to Senior Vice President of Marketing. Ms. Schuster joins the global cruise line with a proven track record and extensive background in building global brands, as well as new market entry, and will oversee all aspects of marketing for Royal Caribbean including brand strategy and positioning; consumer and trade advertising; digital and social media; and one-to-one and loyalty marketing.

Most recently, Ms. Schuster ran a global marketing and brand consultancy and spearheaded the launch of U.S. women’s luxury apparel company, Lafayette 148 New York, in China. Prior to that, she held the position of worldwide managing director, Global Brand Management at the advertising agency, Ogilvy and Mather. She also held senior executive level positions at D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in New York. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991, she was one of the first business and marketing leaders to enter Central and Eastern Europe to start-up the global network for the advertising agency.

Ms. Schuster graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in German language and literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her MBA in Global Marketing/Advertising and Chinese from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Ms. Schuster has won numerous awards and recognitions for her contribution to the advertising and marketing industry and was named one of “25 Women to Watch” by Advertising Age.  She has lived in North America, Europe and Asia and speaks English, Chinese, German and French.
 

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