Swan Hellenic Voted Best Cruise Line
SWAN HELLENIC VOTED BEST CRUISE LINE Swan Hellenic has been voted 'Best Cruise Line' in the Guardian/Observer Travel Awards, with an overall score of 96.7% for quality of service. The result, compiled from more than 15,000 reader responses, was the highest of all category winners and put the company significantly ahead of all other cruise operators. Readers were asked to respond to a questionnaire published in The Guardian at the beginning of the year that asked for votes in twenty travel categories. As well as Best Cruise Line these included Best Travel Agent, Best Travel Company and Best brochure of the year. Swan Hellenic is the market leader in discovery cruising, offering a wide choice of itineraries including the Mediterranean, Baltic, Black Sea, Red Sea, Africa, Arabian Gulf, India and the Far East. Swan Hellenic offers unique cruises to both 'must see' and 'off the beaten track' destinations, each brought to life by expert Guest Speakers. This combined with the friendly onboard atmosphere and choice of inclusive, tailor-made excursions designed to appeal to a wide range of interests, make Swan Hellenic the ultimate choice for discovery travel. Carol Marlow, Managing Director of Swan Hellenic comments, 'This is an excellent result. The fact that the votes were driven by passengers is testimony to the quality of service and value for money that are central to the Swan Hellenic experience, and the reason why we enjoy such high levels of repeat business.' Photography available on request - please contact Alex Gaskell on 020 7950 2828 27 May 2002 The Swan Hellenic 2002/3 Brochure is now available. Please call 0845 3674 632. For photography and further press information: Liz Curtis / Rebecca Pearson Alex Gaskell / Paul Donlon Swan Hellenic Weber Shandwick Tel: 023 8052 5308 Tel: 020 7950 2828 www.swanhellenic.com E-mail: agaskell@webershandwick.com Notes to Editors Results of the Guardian/Observer Travel Awards were published in The Guardian on 25 May. Readers of the newspapers and Guardian Unlimited website were invited to rate the quality of service they received as excellent, good, fair and poor. The results were scored from three to nought, compiled and translated into a percentage figure. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/27/20020527BIT01010/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/27/20020527BIT01010/wkr0002.pdf