Amilicar “Mico” Cascais ~
Vice President, Tour Operations

?Upon graduating from the School of Engineering at West Virginia University, Amilcar joined Carnival Cruise Lines in the summer of 1984 as a Jr. Purser. Nine summers would pass before leaving the ships for the first time now in the capacity of Hotel Manager. In the summer of 1995, Amilcar joined Renaissance Cruises in the Capacity of Hotel Manager for brief two year tenure in the Small Yacht Cruising environment.

In August of 1997 Amilcar left the Ships for the second time moved to South Florida with his wife Tonka and again joined Carnival Cruise Lines in the corporate office as Ship’s Supervisor in the Operations Department.

In 1999 Amilcar was appointed Manager of the newly created Tour Operations Department and today as the Vice President he leads a very specialized Shore Side and Ship Board team of young visionaries that together run the Shore Excursion Program for Carnival Cruise Lines World Wide.

Amilcar represents Carnival Cruise Lines in the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association as Chairman of the Shore Excursion Committee.