1.   Children are another growing cruise sector.

2.   Europe is one of the fastest growing cruise markets.

3.   Most companies in the rapidly growing cruise industry buy ships built in foreign countries that have long subsidized their shipyards.

4.   Sea changes in the industry -- including recognition that young folks are the fastest growing cruise segment -- are being reflected in the marketing.

5.   It is a major oil refining center, and has a growing regional cruise industry.

6.   It is also a major oil refining center and the base of a growing regional cruise industry.

7.   Tan Chin Nam, chief executive of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, said the Asia-Pacific region had become the fastest growing cruise market in the world.