Royal Caribbean celebrated its valued travel agent community with its annual Travel Partners of the Year Awards for North America.
The awards recognize travel agencies that do show a commitment to selling Royal Caribbean cruises, and this year's accolades recognized more than 10 top performers.
“These are extremely exciting times for the cruise industry – cruise lines and travel partners alike. The sky’s the limit at Royal Caribbean, and the strong performance we’ve seen is thanks in large part to our valued travel professionals and their incredible knowledge when it comes to planning inspiring vacations on our ships,” said Vicki Freed, senior vice president, Sales, Trade Support and Service, Royal Caribbean International. “I’m very proud to honor these experts who consistently work with us and continue to see success with their businesses. Congratulations to the returning and first-time Travel Partners of the Year award recipients.”
Royal Caribbean’s 2017 Travel Partners of the Year winners are as follows:
Chairman's Award for Overall Achievement
Cruise Planners – an American Express Travel Representative
President's Award for Overall Achievement
Expedia CruiseShipCenters
National Account Partner of the Year
World Travel Holdings
Host Agency Partner of the Year
Travel Planners International
New-to-Cruise Partner of the Year
International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE) *First-time winner
Home-Based Partner of the Year
CruiseOne, Dream Vacations & Cruises Inc. *First-time winner
Online Partner of the Year
Cruise.com
Rising Star Partner of the Year
Cruises-N-More *First-time winner
Consortia Partner of the Year
Virtuoso
Corporate Incentive Partner of the Year
Buy the Sea
Marketing Partner of the Year
Travel Leaders Network
Southeast Partner of the Year
Tourico Holidays *First-time winner
Northeast Partner of the Year
Autism on the Seas
Central Partner of the Year
KHM Travel Group
West Partner of the Year
Morris Murdock
Canada Partner of the Year
Maritime Travel – LeGrow’s Travel *First-time winner
