Celebrity Cruises Pulls Ad Offensive to Native Hawaiians

  • October 3, 2006
Celebrity Cruises, a brand of Royal Caribbean Cruises, has pulled an advertisement that showed King Kamehameha's statue holding a glass of champagne and toasting the company's trips to Hawaii. The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association objected to the ad, which appeared in Travel Weekly, an industry trade publication. Kamehameha is one of Hawaii's most illustrious heroes.

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