Cruise News - Celebrity Cruises - WAVE AWARD
June 17 - 2010 : CELEBRITY CRUISES WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE TRAVELAGE WEST
WAVE AWARD
Travel agents have spoken and Celebrity Cruises has done it again: the premium cruise brand won the TravelAge West Readers’ Choice WAVE (Western Agents’ Vote of Excellence) Award for Cruise Line with Highest Client Satisfaction (among cruise lines whose ships each carry more than 1,100 passengers) for a second consecutive year.
Celebrity Cruises’ Keith Lane (left), Vice President of Field Sales, accepts the Cruise Line with the Highest Client Satisfaction WAVE Award from Ken Shapiro (right), Editor-in-Chief of TravelAge West.
Celebrity Cruises was also honored with Editors’ Picks for Cruise Line Providing the Best Travel Agent Support and Best Cruise-Tour Program. In addition, Celebrity Cruises received an Editors’ Pick for the stylish and innovative Solstice Class ship Celebrity Equinox,inthe Best New Cruise Ship category. Last year, Celebrity Solstice won the category.
The editors of TravelAge West select the nominees for each category and subsequently open the voting to the magazine’s readers who decide the winners of the WAVE Awards. Celebrity Cruises accepted the award at the 2010 WAVE Awards gala dinner, which took place at the Four Seasons Los Angeles in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 10, 2010. TravelAge West is a publication focused on providing the latest information on the travel industry in the West to consumers and travel agents.
Celebrity Cruises is designed for discerning cruisers, with modern, sophisticated environments, impeccable service, enriching and inspiring onboard programs, and world-class cuisine. The ultimate in premium cruising, Celebrity sails in Alaska, Bermuda, California, Canada/New England, the Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal, South America, and year-round in the Galapagos Islands. Celebrity also offers immersive cruisetour experiences in Alaska, Canada, Europe and South America. Celebrity’s mega-series of honors include being named the top mega-ship line in Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards (November 2009). Celebrity’s fleet currently consists of 10 ships. Its $3.7-billion investment in building five stylish Solstice Class ships between 2008-2012 represents the largest newbuild commitment for a single brand in industry history. For more information, call your travel agent, dial 1-800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com
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