Transat Distribution earns RCI award

Transat Distribution Canada (TDC) has received Royal Caribbean International’s Partner of the Year award for 2011. Clearly pleased by the recognition, TDC’s vice-president marketing and industry relations, Susan Bowman said: “This has always been such an important partnership and it great to be recognized. We have won this award due to the hard work by our network of over 2,500 travel consultants and our momentum is continuing to accelerate. This year, we look forward to being hosted on the Oasis of the Seas in April with over 120 of our travel consultants attending TDC’s exclusive cruise academy.” Royal Caribbean’s senior vice-president of sales, trade support and services, Vicki Freed observed: “Royal Caribbean International is delighted to recognize our top performing travel agency partners for 2011. Each recipient represents a distinctive business model and has significantly contributed to the overall success of Royal Caribbean throughout the past calendar year. We sincerely appreciate all of our travel agent partners and continue to be committed to supporting the travel agent community and helping them sell cruises and grow their business.”