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Oceania Cruises® Announces the Industry's First Floating Pastry Academy, in Partnership with The Butter Book®

Oceania Cruises®, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused luxury cruise line, today revealed The Floating Pastry Academy, a new multi-year training program for its onboard chefs, and first of its kind for the cruise industry, created in partnership with revered digital training platform, The Butter Book®.

articleNorwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.March 31, 20265/company/norwegian-cruise-line-holdings-ltd/news/oceania-cruisesr-announces-the-industrys-first-floating-pastry-academy-in-partnership-with-the-butter-bookr-1
Oceania Cruises® Announces the Industry's First Floating Pastry Academy, in Partnership with The Butter Book®

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