Carnival Cruise Line is honoring 15 tip transport agencies in a U.S. and Canada with a third annual Excellence Awards. This year’s awards underline new segment-specific categories formed on any agency’s specialization. Additionally, a new “Ted Arison Founder’s Award” named for a late Ted Arison, Carnival Cruise Line’s founder, honors a transport partner who has consistently demonstrated extensive partnership, faithfulness and support for a Carnival code and upholds Ted Arison’s prophesy that everybody deserves a good journey vacation.
Agencies were comparison by Carnival’s sales group formed on a accumulation of strengths including sales effectiveness, innovative selling techniques, code advocacy and demonstrated care in their category.
“This year’s Excellence Awards are generally sparkling as we’ve introduced new categories that respect agencies not usually for their innovative approaches to business, though their specific strengths and successes,” pronounced Carnival’s Vice President of Sales Trade Marketing Adolfo Perez. “We’re unapproachable to respect these superb partners who paint a extended spectrum of a group village and are loyal leaders in their markets.”
A Carnival sales care panel, led by Perez, evaluated countless submissions from a sales group to name 15 Excellence Awards recipients formed on a nominees’ strengths in any category.
Carnival’s 2016 Excellence Award recipients include:
· Ted Arison Founder’s Award: World Travel Holdings
· Outstanding Charter Partner: Whet Travel
· Outstanding Incentive Sales Partner: Morris Meetings Incentives
· Outstanding Home Based Network: Cruise Planners
· Outstanding Online Agency: Crown Cruise Vacations
· Outstanding Affinity Group Agency: SinglesCruise.com
· Outstanding Canadian Partner: TravelBrands
· Outstanding Marketing Excellence: Travel Planners International
· Outstanding Industry Innovation: International Cruise Excursions, Inc. (ICE)
· Carnival’s Rising Star Agency: Ucruising Vacations
· Outstanding Cruise Rookie Partner: Expedia Inc. Expedia CruiseShipCenters
· Brand Essence Outstanding Partner: GalaxSea Cruises
· Outstanding Retail Travel Agency: Cruise Corner
· Outstanding Travel Partner – Eastern Region: Cruises Tours Unlimited
· Outstanding Travel Partner – Western Region: Uniglobe Travel Center
This year’s honorees and their guest will attend an “Excellence Awards” jubilee in Miami Beach from Sep 20-22, 2016, with nominal airfare and hotel accommodations. Various events will be hosted by Carnival’s care group including a acquire celebration and a celebration awards accepting with cooking and dancing.
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