| Porthole 30 Sep 22

LAST night Regent Seven Seas Cruises hosted a gala 30th birthday celebration at Sydney’s upmarket Catalina Restaurant at Rose Bay, hosting hundreds of industry partners including travel agents, hoteliers, suppliers and media.

The glittering event included an impromptu opera “battle” between three of the waiters, one of whom (pictured) initially burst into song supposedly to fulfil a $50 bet by Virtuoso VP Michael Londregan.

Things rapidly degenerated as two of the other hospitality staff joined in, competing over whether French or Italian singers have greater passion.

Of course the spectacle wound up with a confession by the trio that they were not in fact actually Catalina employees, but rather an entertainment troupe called “The Three Waiters”.