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History of Paradise International Agency

From 1980 to 1986
we produced all five ships for Costa Cruises and presenting shows including supplying the majority of the costumes and the music artists that played on board those ships.

In the beginning of 1987 I produced shows for The Royal Viking Cruise Lines, the San Francisco onboard Royal Viking Sea & Royal Viking Sky supplying all the production shows as on Costa Lines. I held the cruise ships for Orient Express for two years. In between those ships I found the time to Choreograph and produce shows in the Casino Rhul in the South of France and several gala shows as well.

1980-1988
Supplied shows for the following hotels in the Middle East region, which performed a non-stop one-hour production that included 10 – 12 dancers with singers. All contracts were average of 6 months to one year. The Sheraton Hotels in Damascus Syria and the Sheraton Hammermet in Tunisia, and the Sheraton in Abu Dhabi. The Holiday Inns that are in Dubai and Bahrain and the Dubai Marine Hotel / Resort. Hiltons in Dubai and Bahrain.

1987 – 1990
Produced and choreographed and costumed all summer and winter productions at Blazers Theatre Restaurant in Windsor England.
These productions had on average 10 – 12 dancers plus various speciality acts in a variety style format.

1990-2003
Supplied shows for the following venues and cruise ships:
• Festival Cruise Lines, Greece Cruise Ships. Azure and Bolero for five years.
• Mediterranean Cruise Lines Italy Cruise Ship the Melody for one year.
• Dream Line Cruises, Italy The Switzerland for three years,
• New Paradise Cruises, Cyprus for 8 years.
• Hit Casinos of Slovenia and the two main casinos called Casino Perla and Casino Kransjgoria for six years.
• Casino San Remo Italy for several years and the Casino de la Valle in St. Vincent for 5 years.

As an entertainment booking agency we have also booked and supplied acts and shows of all types for various 5-star venues world-wide including Sun City Casino Resort, South Africa.

The agency has also had dealings in several concert promotions. Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra to Liza Minnelli just to name a few.

Click here to view photos from past shows that Roger Hills, our director has been involved with.