Norwegian Cruise Line, considered one of the world's best and most innovative cruise companies, which this year celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its unique and groundbreaking Freestyle Cruising concept, allowing passengers to travel with complete freedom and flexibility, held its eleventh annual Norwegian Cruise Line Partners First Awards on Thursday. These awards recognize the outstanding work of its travel agents in Spain, a key pillar for the company, honoring them in various categories. Tour operators, travel agencies, management groups, and company representatives gathered at the gala, which took place at the renowned Lobito de Mar restaurant.
The event was presented by Kevin Bubolz, Managing Director Europe of NCL and Jürgen Stille, Senior Director of Business Development Continental Europe, also of NCL, as well as the great team from Norwegian Cruise Line in Spain.
Kevin Bubolz stated: “For us, travel agencies are our main sales channel. We have complete confidence in their professionalism and experience. We focus our efforts on ensuring that agencies have all our latest news, know our product well, and are our best ambassadors. There are many ships on the market today, and travel agents know which ship best suits each client. If they do their job well, as they usually do, everyone wins: the cruise line, the travel agency, and above all, the client.”
Agents are a key partner for Norwegian Cruise Line, and this has led to the creation of the “Partners First” philosophy, which reflects the company’s strong commitment to them and is based on four pillars: 'Recognition and Reward', 'Training', 'Communication' and 'Easy Collaboration'.
The list of winners was announced and presented by Sonia López Corrales, Senior Business Development Manager, and Virginia González Rosado, Business Development Manager, who awarded the prizes to the winning companies. The following companies were recognized within the seven award categories: sales)
- Number 1 Online Travel Agency in Sales – Logitravel SL.
- Number 1 Travel Agency Chain in Sales – Viajes El Corte Inglés SA.
- Number 1 Agency Chain in Points of Sale – Halcon Viajes
- Web Travel Agency with the best sales growth – Miramar Cruises
- New Web Travel Agency – Cruceritis
- Number 1 tour operator in sales growth – Veturis Travel
- Best new agency in the Portuguese market – Loja de Cruzeiros)
