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Carnival Cruise Line Takes To The Road With “Agentpalooza 2018” Bus Tour For Travel Agents
Tour Encompasses Four Stops inSouthern California; Features ‘Travel Agents Rock' T-Shirt Design Contest toBenefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®
MIAMI (April 11, 2018) -Carnival Cruise Line will visit agents on its popular festival- inspired"Agentpalooza" bus tour from June 11-14 with stops throughout SouthernCalifornia. Hosted by Carnival's Senior Vice President of Sales &Trade Marketing Adolfo Perez and the line's sales leadership team, each tourstop includes five different areas featuring specific entertainment and salesand marketing activities. A main stage will feature new marketing and productexperiences and a variety of engaging entertainment activities between agentsand Carnival sales team members.
"Lastyear's event was such a great success thanks to the support, activeparticipation and enthusiasm of the thousands of travel agent partners whoshowed us exactly why we call them rock stars," said Perez. "We're excited totake the bus tour to Southern California and visit with agents as we buildexcitement for the arrival of our newest ship, Carnival Panorama, which arrivesin Long Beach at the end of 2019."
New thisyear with the Agentpalooza tour is a T-shirt design contest that launchestoday. Agents may submit a rock&roll-inspired design to the line throughApril 25, 2018. A Carnival judging panel comprised of Perez, Carnival CruiseLine's President Christine Duffy and Carnival Cruise Line's Vice President ofNorth American Sales Mike Julius will select a final design to be featured onthe official 2018 Agentpalooza T-shirt. The winner will receive a seven-dayCarnival Caribbean cruise and five runners up will receive $100 gift cards. TheT-shirts will be sold at each event, with all profits going to St. JudeChildren's Research Hospital.
Stops on the"Agentpalooza" bus tour schedule include:
oJune 11: Pasadena,Calif. – Rose Bowl Stadium
oJune 12: Orange County, Calif. – Mile Square Park
oJune 13: San Diego,Calif.- Chula Vista Bayside Park
oJune 14: Long Beach, Calif.- Carnival's Long Beach Cruise Terminal
Eachevent will feature a red carpet entrance where agents may take "selfies" usinga custom "Travel Agents Rock" filter. Agents will also have an opportunity tosign their name on the Agentpalooza bus and apply temporary "Travel AgentsRock" tattoos resembling the tattoo Perez had inked on his arm at last year'sevent.
As a newelement, agents may participate in games designed to bring Carnival's onboardexperience to life, all of which will be hosted by a Carnival cruise director.These include a "Choose Fun" trivia game, bingo and dancing. Throughoutthe event, agents will meet and interact with the sales leadership team andtheir local business development directors. A merchandise tent will haveCarnival items for sale with all profits benefiting St. Jude Children'sResearch Hospital. Light snacks will be provided and exciting prizes, includinga complimentary Carnival cruise for two, will be given away at each"Agentpalooza" tour stop.
Registrationis now open. Travel agents are encouraged to sign up early for these events, asavailability is limited. During the tour dates, agents will also be able tofollow the tour and participate in events online via GoCCL.com and Carnival'strade Facebook page. For complete details surrounding Carnival's "Agentpalooza"bus tour, travel agents may visit GoCCL.com.
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About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line, part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 26 shipsoperating three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera,Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Cuba, Australia, NewZealand and the Pacific Islands. The line currently has three new shipsscheduled for delivery – the 133,500-ton Carnival Panorama in 2019 and twoas-yet-unnamed 180,000-ton ships in 2020 and 2022.
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