Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
{{short description|CEO of Celebrity Cruises}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Lisa Lutoff-Perlo Headshot.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|4|19}}
| birth_place = Gloucester, Massachusetts
| spouse(s) = Andre Perlo
| occupation = Vice Chair, External Affairs Royal Caribbean Group
| education = Bentley University
| years_active = 2005–present
| known_for = President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises
}}
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is an American businesswoman. She was the president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, making her the first woman to lead one of the Royal Caribbean Group's cruise line brands.
Early life
Lutoff-Perlo was born and raised in Gloucester and graduated from Gloucester High School in 1975.{{cite web |last1=Lamont |first1=Ray |title=Gloucester native runs top cruise line |url=https://www.salemnews.com/news/business/gloucester-native-runs-top-cruise-line/article_0c37ab65-bf90-5f4b-b8bf-5b854cd73896.html |website=salemnews.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=August 28, 2016}} After high school, she attended Bentley University.{{cite web |last1=Munoz |first1=Tony |title=Interview: Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President & CEO, Celebrity Cruises |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/magazine/interview-lisa-lutoff-perlo-president-ceo-celebrity-cruises |website=maritime-executive.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=April 21, 2019}}
Career
File:Lisa Lutoff-Perlo in 2015.jpg
Lutoff-Perlo began her career in the travel industry after seeing a help wanted ad for a travel advisor at Crimson Travel. While with Crimson Travel, she was in constant communication with Royal Caribbean International and learned that there was an open position as a Miami sales manager. In 1985, she was hired as a district sales manager for Royal Caribbean and moved to Miami.
Lutoff-Perlo worked her way up the corporate ladder until she became associate vice president of national and corporate sales for both Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International. In 2005, she was named vice president of onboard revenue for Celebrity Cruises.{{cite web |title=Ryder promotes Bott to senior vice president, CIO |url=http://www.sbnonline.com/ryder-promotes-bott-to-senior-vice-president-cio-8146/ |website=sbnonline.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=January 27, 2006}}
In 2012, Lutoff-Perlo was appointed senior vice president of operations for Royal Caribbean International.{{cite web |title=Lisa Lutoff-Perlo Appointed Senior Vice President of Operations for Royal Caribbean International |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/appointment/79003631.html |website=hospitalitynet.org |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=August 1, 2012}} She stayed in this position for four years before being promoted to president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises. She became the first woman to lead one of the Royal Caribbean Group's cruise line brands. In her first year as president and CEO, Lutoff-Perlo hired Captain Kate McCue, the first American woman to captain a cruise ship.{{cite web |last1=Begley Bloom |first1=Laura |title=This Cruise Line Is Making History With The First Women-Led Cruise |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/11/19/best-career-advice-women-cruise/#72db2a9a455a |website=forbes.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=November 19, 2019}}
In 2017, she was honored as a South Florida “Women of Excellence” by the Cleveland Clinic Florida.{{cite web |title=Cleveland Clinic Florida Honors Women of Excellence at Sapphire Luncheon |url=http://business.palmbeaches.org/news/details/cleveland-clinic-florida-honors-women-of-excellence-at-sapphire-luncheon-10-04-2017 |website=/business.palmbeaches.org |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=October 4, 2017}} The next year, she announced that Celebrity Cruises would become the first cruise line to conduct legal same-sex marriages at sea.{{cite news |last1=Sloan |first1=Gene |title=In a first, same-sex couple legally marries at sea on a cruise ship |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/01/30/first-same-sex-couple-legally-marries-sea-cruise-ship/1078235001/ |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |publisher=USA Today |date=January 30, 2018}} This was also the year that Celebrity Edge began operation, a new Celebrity Cruises ship that began a new line of a fleet of ships.{{cite web |title=PINECREST MAGAZINE |url=https://go.epublish4me.com/ebook/10099828/0419_Pinecrest_Mag.pdf |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |pages=34–38 |date=April 2019}}{{cite web |author1=Laura Begley Bloom |title=This Woman Is The Force Behind The World's Coolest New Cruise Ship |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/03/14/this-woman-is-the-force-behind-the-worlds-coolest-new-cruise-ship/#89576e63f13d |website=forbes.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=March 14, 2017}} In 2019, she was the recipient of the Cruise Lines International Association Lifetime Achievement award.{{cite web |title=Lutoff-Perlo Wins Cruise Industry Hall of Fame Award |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/lutoff-perlo-wins-cruise-industry-hall-of-fame-award |website=maritime-executive.com |accessdate=December 1, 2019 |date=April 6, 2019}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Boston
Category:American women chief executives
Category:Royal Caribbean International
Category:Bentley University alumni
Category:20th-century American businesswomen
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:21st-century American businesswomen