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Carnival Cruise Line Celebrates National Travel Advisor Day with Search for the ‘Most Trusted Travel Advisor’ in New WUATA Contest
Prizes include cruise on Mardi Grasfor winner, their nominating client and two runners-up; plus winning agent alsoreceives bonus $1,000 cash plus cruise commission
MIAMI (May 1, 2019) — Is your travel agent an all-aroundrock star? To celebrate National Travel Advisor Day today, May 1, CarnivalCruise Line is launching a search for the best of the best in a new contestthat supports the yearlong "Why Use a Travel Advisor" (WUATA) program dedicatedto promoting the value of travel agents. With the launch of Carnival's "MostTrusted Travel Advisor" contest, consumers can brag why their travel advisor isthe best in the business in the quest for the title.
Not only will the winning advisor benamed Carnival's "Most Trusted Advisor," the agent and their client nominatorwill be awarded a cruise on Mardi Gras — debuting in August 2020 — androundtrip airfare, and the agent also will receive $1,000 bonus and thecommission from their client's Mardi Gras cruise.
"Our ‘WUATA program was created tocelebrate the benefits of using a travel advisor, and there's no better way toreinforce that sentiment than by asking clients to help us choose Carnival'sMost Trusted Travel Advisor in North America!" said Adolfo Perez, Carnival'ssenior vice president of sales and trade marketing. "We know it takes hard workand dedication from agents to make their clients' vacation dreams come true,and we want to recognize their efforts. Carnival's ‘Most Trusted TravelAdvisor' is out there, and we can't wait to introduce him or her to the world."
To nominate a travel advisor, clientscan visit www.wuatacontest.com and submit a short story on why their travel advisordeserves the title by recalling a time when they saved the day, made them feelextra special or went above and beyond the call of duty. The contest is openfrom May 1 through Oct. 29, 2019, and the winner will be announced at CruiseWorldin Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov. 13, 2019.
The three finalists will be selectedby a committee of judges including Ann Chamberlin, senior vice president,membership & strategic partnerships for American Society of TravelAdvisors; Charles Sylvia, vice president, membership and trade relations, forCruise Lines International Association; and members of Carnival's SalesLeadership Team. All three travel advisors will receive an all-expenses paidtwo-day/one-night trip to CruiseWorld, where the grand prize winner will beannounced in front of an audience of more than 1,000 of their peers andindustry professionals.
In addition to the title the "MostTrusted Travel Advisor," the grand prize winner and their nominating clienteach will receive a cruise for two aboard Mardi Gras, with roundtrip airfare tothe embarkation city. The newly named ‘Most Trusted Travel Advisor' also wins a$1,000 cash prize plus commission from their client's Mardi Gras cruise. Thefirst and second runner-up travel advisor winners also each will receive acruise for two aboard Mardi Gras and roundtrip airfare to the embarkation city.All three winners will be celebrated by the Carnival Sales Team during keyevents at CruiseWorld.
NationalTravel Advisor Day
Carnival's "Most Trusted TravelAdvisor" WUATA Contest is launching May 1 in support of National Travel AdvisorDay. The day will be celebrated throughout the industry, and travel advisorscan follow all of the events and activities at www.ASTA.org/TravelAdvisorDay and on social media with the hashtag#TravelAdvisorDay.
Whatis WUATA?
Aimed at helping travel professionalsattract new clients and deepen the loyalty of existing clients, Carnival'sWUATA: Why Use A Travel Advisor is a multifaceted program with special eventsthat bring clients and industry experts together to promote the travel advisorcommunity. WUATA features WUATA Parties in four cities, social mediapromotions, contests, exclusive merchandise, giveaways and WUATA Word, aninnovative crowdsourced word cloud that grows throughout the year as themovement expands. Easy-to-use tools are available on GoCCL.com to help traveladvisors spread the word to existing and potential clients.
For additional information aboutCarnival Cruise Line call 1-800-327-9501 (individual) or 1-800-327-5782(groups) or visit the line's travel advisor Internet portal, GoCCL.com. Carnival can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Journalistsalso can visit Carnival's media site, Carnival-news.com or follow the line's PR departmenton Twitter at twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
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AboutCarnival Cruise Line
CarnivalCruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK),is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 26 ships operatingthree- to 24-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Cuba, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, thePacific Islands and Southeast Asia. The line currently has three newships scheduled for delivery – Carnival Panorama set to debut in 2019, MardiGras in 2020 and an as-yet-unnamed ship in 2022.
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