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30 July 2010 |
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The Cruise Professionals, part of Travelzest plc |
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The Cruise Professionals
Part of Travelzest Plc
- Conde Nast accolade won for the 11th year running
The Cruise Professionals, part of Travelzest Plc, is pleased to announce that for the 11th straight year, The Cruise Professionals has been named in the elite Conde Nast Traveler's 2010 List of the World's 135 Top Travel Specialists, featured in the August 2010 issue.
The Conde Nast list has been running for 11 years and is chosen by Wendy Perrin, consumer news editor and columnist for the magazine, who picks the travel specialists that she says offer the best blend of expertise, access, and good value. Each year, hundreds of new applicants are evaluated for the list and undergo a rigorous screening process.
Jonathan Carroll, Travelzest’s Chief Executive Officer, commented:
“We are very excited and proud of The Cruise Professionals team winning this award for the 11th year. The dedication to providing excellent customer service and product knowledge to our customer is a cornerstone of The Cruise Professionals and the Travelzest Group as a whole.”
Mary Jean Tully, CEO of The Cruise Professionals, said:
“Expert advice and impeccable customer service has won us this accolade, however the recognition from Conde Nast’s is the result of the extras we negotiate and the excursions we arrange for our travellers. We’re on an incredible 11 year winning streak.”
Commenting on the magnitude of the achievement Conde Nast wrote,
"The travel agents collected here represent the best blend of destination knowledge, insider connections, user-friendliness, and value for your dollar that I've found in more than two decades of scrutinizing the travel industry for this magazine. They have all been ‘road tested’ by Conde Nast Traveler readers, editors or both. Of the more than 10,000 travel agents and tour operators who have tried to break onto this list since its inception 11 years ago, only 135 make the grade. Getting on to this group is statistically speaking, tougher than getting into Harvard. Staying on it is tougher still: it requires not only an absence of valid reader complaints but also positive evaluations from both readers and editors."
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About Travelzest
Travelzest plc is a dynamic travel group, with a collection of online and offline travel agencies and merchant operations.. Travelzest's vision is to continue to leverage their brands that have been built up over their long and successful histories while driving synergistic benefits. Travelzest is traded on London's AIM Exchange under the symbol TVZ.
The Travelzest group currently comprises:
Canadian Operations
itravel2000 itravel2000.com
The Cruise Professionals www.cruiseprofessionals.com
UK Operations
Holiday.co.uk www.holiday.co.uk
Flight.co.uk www.flight.co.uk
Best of Morocco www.bestofmorocco.co.uk
VFB Holidays www.vfbholidays.com
Peng Travel www.pengtravel.co.uk
Faraway Holidays www.farawayholidays.co.uk
The Malaysia Experience www.malaysiaexperience.co.uk
Tapestry Collection www.thetapestrycollection.com
The Wow House Company www.thewowhousecompany.co.uk
Captivating Cuba www.captivatingcuba.com
JMB Travel www.jmb-travel.co.uk
Fair’s Fare www.fairsfare.com
