Seabourn #1 in Annual Swiss Travel Star Awards

[Jason]

MIAMI, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss travel agencies have voted Seabourn Cruise Line their favorite cruise company in an annual survey conducted by the travel magazine Travel Inside. The company received the first-place Gold Award for its onboard product and for its service to agencies.

"The Travel Star Award is especially gratifying to us," said Seabourn president Deborah L. Natansohn. "Switzerland is really the Holy Land of the hospitality industry. Their standards are very high indeed, and we are extremely proud that our ships and our staff have been recognized for meeting the expectations of these agents and their clients."

The magazine contacted 1000 Swiss travel agencies and conducted 716 interviews, a response rate of 74%. Agencies were asked to rate various categories of travel suppliers based on two criteria: the quality of their product for guests, and their service to the agencies themselves. Seabourn was awarded a perfect service score of 100.

The Travel Star Award follows an announcement earlier in the month that Seabourn was selected as the favorite cruise operator by readers of the important United Kingdom newspaper The Telegraph. Readers of the magazine Departures, who are American Express Platinum and Centurion cardholders, scored Seabourn higher than any other cruise line in that publication's annual Luxury Survey earlier this year. For more information, contact a travel agent, call Seabourn at 1-800-929-9391 or visit http://www.seabourn.com .

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