FIVE cruise vessels from five lines will battle it out for the new National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) category of Best Cruise Ship – Domestic Deployment, according to the NTIA finalists list issued by AFTA yesterday. Carnival Spirit and Diamond Princess represent the Carnival Australia stable, and will be up...
FIVE cruise vessels from five
lines will battle it out for the new
National Travel Industry Awards
(NTIA) category of Best Cruise
Ship – Domestic Deployment,
according to the NTIA finalists list
issued by AFTA yesterday.
Carnival Spirit and Diamond
Princess represent the Carnival
Australia stable, and will be up
against Voyager of the Seas,
Radiance of the Seas & Celebrity
Solstice from RCCL.
The category has been changed
this year to hone in on particular
ships, not a locally based line. Carnival Cruise Line missed
out as a finalist for Best Cruise
Operator – International
Deployment, with this category to
be contested by Celebrity Cruises,
Silversea, Princess Cruises, Royal
Caribbean International and
Holland America Line.
APT and Scenic will go head-to-
head in the stakes for new award
Best River Cruise Operator plus
the Best Tour Operator Domestic
and International categories.
Further nominees for Best River
Cruise Operator are Uniworld
Boutique River Cruise Collection,
Viking and Avalon Waterways.
Cruise is also represented in the
individual award categories.
Brenton Reidy from P&O Cruises
has been named as a finalist in
the Rookie of the Year – Supplier
category, up against names from
G Adventures, Topdeck, Busabout
and Cover-More Travel Insurance.
The 2015 NTIA Gala Dinner
will take place at the Dockside
Pavilion at Darling Harbour,
Sydney on Sat 18 Jul.
