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Southern Living Magazine
For the past two years, the “Fun Ships” of Carnival
Cruise Lines have been voted the number one cruise choice
in Southern Living Magazine’s annual readers’ poll.
America Online (AOL) “Cruise Critic”
Carnival was rated number one in seven categories by AOL’s
“Cruise Critic” in the “Best in Cruising 1999”
awards, including Best Value: Budget Category; Best Budget
Ship: Imagination, Inspiration, Elation, Sensation and Fascination;
Best Cabins: Budget Category; Best Cuisine: Budget Category;
Best Service: Budget Category; Best Bar: Carnival’s piano
bars; and Best Cruise Director: John Heald.
American Express Travel Service
Carnival received the “Gold Award of Excellence”
based on the responses of more than 2,000 American Express
Travel Network company owners and representatives who were
asked to rank various components of service, including sales
assistance, reservations, product and an overall evaluation
of the company.
National Association of Cruise-Oriented Agencies
(NACOA)
For the third year in a row, Carnival received Cruise Line
of the Year, Best Group Department and Best District Sales
Managers awards based on a survey of more than 700 NACOA members
who were asked to rate cruise operators in a variety of service-
and marketing-related categories.
Porthole Cruise Magazine
Carnival Cruise Lines received nine platinum awards -- Best
Family Oriented Line, Best Bang for the Buck, Best Singles
Line, Best Entertainment, Best Children’s Program, Best
Onboard Activities, Best Disco, Best Casino and Best Tropical
Drink -- in Porthole Cruise Magazine’s “1999 Annual
Readers’ Choice Awards,” topping more categories
than any other cruise line.
World Cruise & Ocean Liner Society
For the past six years, Carnival Cruise Lines has earned “best
value” honors from the World Cruise & Ocean Liner
Society, comprised of thousands of knowledgeable and experienced
cruise enthusiasts.
CruiseOne
For the past four years, Carnival’s group reservations
and sales service departments were named the “best of
the best” by CruiseOne, a national travel consortium
comprised of some of the top travel agencies in the U.S. and
Canada.
Cruise Reports
This consumer publication gave the smoke-free Paradise the
first-ever 10-plus rating - a 10.9 - in the value category.
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