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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®.
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