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CCS dishes out agent awards
Complete Cruise Solution held its seventh annual UK Cruise Awards at Southampton yesterday.
More than 100 agents attended the ceremony on board the newly refurbished Queen Mary 2.
Pictured here are Derek and Michael Wilson from Bolsover Cruise Club who were named Top Independent Agents, with Carol Marlow MD P&O Cruises and Paul Ludlow, Princess Cruises.
The full winners list is as follows:
P&O Cruises, Greatest Percentage Growth
The Cruise Specialists, Planet Cruise, ICE Europe, TUI UK Plc
P&O Cruises, Account Development agent of the Year Winners
Travel.co.uk
Cunard, Greatest Percentage Growth
John Semple Travel, Thornton’s Travel Service, Cruise Club UK, TUI UK Plc
Cunard, Account Development agent of the year
Yes2Travel
Princess Cruises, Greatest Percentage Growth
The Cruise Specialists, Cruise Saver Travel, Iglu.com Co-operative Travel Trading Group
Princess Cruises, Account Development agent of the year
Cruise Nation
Complete Cruise Solution, Best Online Usage
Thomas Cook, The Sovereign Cruise Club
Complete Cruise Solution, Top Multiple Agent
Thomas Cook
Complete Cruise Solution, Top Consortium
Advantage Travel Centres
Complete Cruise Solution, Academy Agent of the Year
Donna Hunt – Ideal Cruising
Cunard, Top Independent Agent
The Sovereign Cruise Club
Princess Cruises, Top Independent Agent
Bolsover Cruise Club
P&O Cruises, Top Independent Agent
Bolsover Cruise Club
Complete Cruise Solution, Cruise Sales Person of the Year
James Crossland – Cruise.co.uk
Complete Cruise Solution, Most Innovative Marketing Initiative
Thomas Cook
P&O Cruises, Best On Board Sales Percentage
Travel Advisors
Cunard, Best On Board Sales Percentage
Premier Travel
Princess Cruises, Best On Board Sales Percentage
Thornton’s Travel Service
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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