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Tickets on sale for Cruise Council 2009 Awards Night
SYDNEY – The International Cruise Council Australasia has released details of its 2009 Awards with tickets now available at www.cruising.org.au/industryawards.
The event will be held on Saturday January 23, 2010, at Dockside Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Council general manager Brett Jardine said the 2009 awards had to be moved to a larger venue after the sell-out success of the 2008 event.
“Despite the tough economic conditions, the cruise industry has continued to thrive and our membership has grown steadily so we anticipate keen interest in our awards night,†he said.
Jardine said the 2009 awards would also see respected cruise industry trailblazer, the late Frank Johnson, honoured with P&O Cruises naming the Consultant of the Year awards for Australia and New Zealand after him.
One of the founders of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents, Frank Johnson was instrumental in the outstanding success of P&O Cruises’ “Women’s Weekly Discovery Cruises†in the 1960s and 70s.
For the third consecutive year, Cruise Passenger magazine will be the awards’ gold sponsor, while silver sponsorships have been taken out by Avalon Waterways, Royal Caribbean International, Travel the World and Emirates.
Awards categories and sponsors include:
• Gold Agency of the Year Australia – Cruise Passenger Magazine
• Silver Agency of the Year Australia – Viking River Cruises
• Bronze Agency of the Year Australia – Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
• Gold Agency of the Year New Zealand – Cruise Passenger Magazine
• Silver Agency of the Year New Zealand – Trafalgar Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
• Bronze Agency of the Year New Zealand – Cruise Holidays
• Frank Johnson Award: Consultant of the Year Australia – P&O Cruises
• Frank Johnson Award: Consultant of the Year NZ – P&O Cruises
• Consumer Promotion of the Year Australia – Vacations & Travel Magazine
• Consumer Promotion of the Year NZ – Air New Zealand
• Neil Frazer Award: Outstanding Contribution by an Individual – Silversea Cruises
• Rising Star Award Australia – MSC Cruises
• Rising Star Award NZ – Francis Travel Marketing
• Media Award – Cruise West
Ticket prices for the award dinner are priced at $176 (including GST) each.
To purchase tickets online and for more information visit www.cruising.org.au
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