Lucky Travel Agents Win Nine- to 15-Day Carnival Journeys Cruises As Part of Recent Contest
MIAMI (June
11, 2015) – Carnival has announced the three winners of a recent contest
awarding a free nine- to 15-day Carnival Journeys cruise, as well as a trip to
Miami to visit the company’s headquarters and meet with the line’s management
team. The top three winners were selected from hundreds of entries
submitted by travel agents who were asked to describe the most memorable
experience they created for a client sailing on Carnival.
“I am
excited to host these winners when they are in Miami in July,” said Adolfo
Perez, Carnival’s vice president of trade sales and marketing. “It’s clear
there are amazing travel agents who are committed to helping create wonderful
vacation memories for their clients. These three entries exemplify the key role
agents play in marketing the Carnival cruise experience which keeps guests
coming back to them and, ultimately, to us,” he added.
The three
contest winners are:
·
Jane Patterson of Destination Weddings Travel Group in Newmarket, Ontario;
Patterson provided an amazing birthday celebration and first-time cruise
experience for a 100-year-old cruise rookie.
·
Marilyn Hyatt of Anywhere Inc., in Methuen, Mass.; Hyatt worked to make a
cruise experience uniquely fun and memorable for group from the Polish Veterans
Association who have become loyal, longtime group clients.
·
Kelly Brewer of Brewer Travel in Lowell, Ark.; Using social media, Kelly
shared the experiences of one of her energetic clients who is a young Carnival
brand ambassador!
Winners
receive a complimentary Carnival Journeys cruise for two in balcony
accommodations. Carnival Journeys is a unique collection of nine- to 15-day
seagoing adventures that kick off this fall and feature spectacular ports
throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Hawaii and Mexico, along with
exciting shipboard activities and experiences created especially for this
one-of-a-kind cruise program.
During
their visit to Carnival’s Miami headquarters, winners will receive a special
behind-the-scenes tour by Adolfo Perez, followed by lunch with Carnival’s
President Christine Duffy and Executive Vice President of Sales & Guest
Services Lynn Torrent. Later that evening, Carnival’s sales team will host the
winners for a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant.
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About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;
NYSE: CUK),
is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the
Pacific Islands. The company currently has two 133,500-ton ships on order
- Carnival Vista, scheduled to enter service in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed
vessel set to debut in 2018.
