BUSINESS
September 23, 1987
Thomas E. (Ted) Blamey has been named president of Los Angeles-based Sitmar Cruises, replacing John P. Bland, who resigned a week ago. Blamey, 41, has been managing director of the cruise company's Sydney, Australia-based operations in Australia and Asia since joining the firm in March, 1979.
NEWS
March 19, 1990 | Associated Press
A fire in the engine room of a cruise ship off Australia killed one crew member and injured another Sunday, but the blaze was put out before it could reach the 1,200 passengers or disable the vessel. P&O Sitmar Cruises, owners of the Fairstar, said a 44-year-old boiler attendant died after suffering burns to 75% of his body during what was to be a routine testing of an auxiliary boiler.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 5, 1985
Sitmar Cruises has signed a 15-year lease valued at $22 million in what is being called "the largest single lease to be signed in the 26-year history of Century City." A tenant in the Century City North Office Building for more than 10 years, Sitmar will occupy the entire 18th and 19th floors plus half of the 17th floor for its expanded, 60,000-square-foot corporate headquarters. Cushman & Wakefield represented Sitmar, and Lake Shore Management Inc., an affiliate of JMB Property Management Corp.
BUSINESS
January 26, 1991 | Chris Woodyard / Times staff writer
Garden Connection: The former director of entertainment for Knott's Berry Farm, now a Newport Beach consultant, has added Madison Square Garden in New York to his client list. John L. Steenhoven, president of the Steenhoven Production Group in Newport Beach, will lend his advice to Madison Square Garden Enterprises for such events as Major League Baseball's All-Star Fanfest next July in Toronto, the National Basketball Assn.'s All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, N.C.
BUSINESS
July 6, 1986 | NANCY RIVERA BROOKS
At least three companies--two of them in Los Angeles--are betting that the cruise industry is sailing into smoother waters. Los Angeles-based Sitmar Cruises recently announced that it is investing $306 million to build two ships that will double the cruise line's passenger capacity. And Western Cruise Lines of Los Angeles and its sister firm, Eastern Cruise Lines of Miami, announced that they are merging with Sundance Cruises of Seattle.