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.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
“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.
