Portal de Cartagena
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The El Batel de Cartagena Auditorium hosted the twelfth edition of the Excellence Cruise Awards ceremony, attended by more than 350 guests.
The gala brought together, as every year, the main executives of the cruise shipping companies, cruise tour operators, shipping agents, ports and destinations, travel agents, press, collaborators, professionals and businessmen of Cartagena and Murcia together with other suppliers in the sector .
These were the winners:
Best Spanish Port 2018 - PUERTO DE BARCELONA
Best Crew 2018 PULLMANTUR CRUCEROS
Best Entertainment on Board 2018 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
Best Shipping Quality Price 2018 - MSC CRUISES
Best shipping company for the first cruise 2018 - COSTA CRUCEROS
Best Popular Company 2018 PULLMANTUR CRUCEROS
Best Premium Shipping Company 2018- HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
Best Naviera Lujo 2018 - SILVERSEA CRUISES
Best Fluvial Tourism Company 2018 CROISIEUROPE
Best Boat in the Mediterranean 2018- SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS
Best Boat in Northern Europe 2018 MSC MERAVIGLIA
Best Brand Recognition among Travel Agencies 2018 - COSTA CRUCEROS
Best Gastronomy on Board 2018 OCEANIA CRUISES
Best Itinerary 2018 PRINCESS CRUISES
Best brand image among consumers 2018 - COSTA CRUCEROS
As with each edition, special recognitions were delivered:
Cartagena Port recognition to the Spanish Navy
Recognition Cruises News Media Group to Intercruises ShoreShide & Ports Services
Recognition Cruises News Media Group Port Authority of Leixoes
In addition, a special delivery took place, the Andrés Mira Domenech Prize, in memory of the founder of Cruisesnews Media Group, an emotional award that the organization grants when it considers that there are exceptional merits, and that fell to Emiliano González, President of MSC Cruceros Spain and that Virginia López General Director of CNMG described as one of her main supports in these difficult years.
The gala featured the spectacular performance of the acrobats "Polémicos Dance", which captivated the audience with its Pole Dance show, and was directed and presented by the humorist and showman Mr. Corrales.
This year the organization presented the new trophies, some new sculptures customized and made of corten steel.
The Cruise Excellence Awards are the result of a macro survey carried out among national cruise passengers, which gives a special value to the results, as it is the assessment of the passengers themselves.
This edition, promoted and sponsored by the Port Authority of Cartagena, the City of Cartagena and the Tourism Institute of the Region of Murcia also has the sponsorship of State Ports, the Association of Maritime Activities (ASEAM) of Cartagena, Cruises Atlantic Islands, Maritime Agency Blazquez Cruises, and Cruise Friend Trade, Mediterranean Unique Experience, Planout, Erhardt Mediterranean, the Roman Theater of Cartagena, Asian shop, Liquor 43 and Levante Star.
The choice of city is due, among other considerations, to the consolidation of the Port of Cartagena as one of the Spanish destinations that have experienced the greatest increase in recent years.
During 2018 it received more than 230,000 passengers in 148 cruises, which placed it as the eighth Spanish port in this type of traffic.
In 2019, it plans 165 stops with which 240,000 passengers will be reached, and will also break with seasonality when receiving boats every month of the year.
The Cruise Excellence Awards, whose first edition was held in 2008 in Barcelona are a brand of CruisesNews Media Group, organizer of the International Cruise Summit in Madrid and editor of the magazines CruisesNews and TopRiver.
Source: Agencias
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