{"id":17218,"date":"2013-10-18T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/crystal-wins-20th-year-as-conde-nast-traveler-readers-best-cruise-line\/"},"modified":"2013-10-18T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:41:00","slug":"crystal-wins-20th-year-as-conde-nast-traveler-readers-best-cruise-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/crystal-wins-20th-year-as-conde-nast-traveler-readers-best-cruise-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Wins 20th Year As Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Best Cruise Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LA98825\"For a record 20<\/span>th<\/sup>\u00a0year,\u00a0<\/span>Conde Nast Traveler<\/i>\u00a0magazine readers have voted ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises the industry’s “Best Cruise Line” (Midsize).\u00a0 Crystal’s winning score of 94.4 is the company’s highest since 2004, second highest\u00a0<\/span>ever<\/span>, and highest overall score of all Small, Midsize, and Large-ship cruise lines.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

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Crystal significantly outranked its luxury peers in almost all the voting categories, including Itineraries, Excursions, Service, Food, Activities\/Facilities, and Design.\u00a0 The line also bested its own previous top scores in the Service and Food categories, and tied its past personal best in Itineraries.\u00a0 All Readers’ Choice winners and scores are listed at\u00a0www.cntraveler.com\/rca<\/a>\u00a0will be featured in the U.S. magazine’s\u00a0November 2013\u00a0issue.<\/span><\/div>\n

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With ground-breaking enhancements to its vacation experience and\u00a0$120 million\u00a0invested in redesigns, while retaining the service, choices, and quality for which the line has been known, Crystal’s ratings have consistently climbed in recent years.<\/span><\/div>\n

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“To earn this award once is an incredible achievement; to be recognized by discerning travelers for an unprecedented 20 years is astounding,” said\u00a0Edie Bornstein, Crystal’s new president and chief operating officer, who joined the company today.\u00a0 “While I have long admired Crystal from afar, it was only when I recently sailed that I fully grasped why this experience receives such consistent accolades.\u00a0 Every single member of the Crystal team works incredibly hard to give discerning vacationers a Six-Star standard of luxury travel that is unwavering, while leading new developments within cruising.\u00a0 I want to personally thank all of Crystal’s crew, employees, associates, and guests for their part in this humbling, momentous win, and look forward to leading the company into the next two decades of record-breaking awards.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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Crystal’s product enhancements from the past year’s voting window have included new, exclusive Boutique Adventures; private cars and drivers ashore; adding more connecting staterooms; new\u00a0America’s Got Talent<\/i>‘s iLuminate and Magic Castle at Sea entertainment on every cruise; the first Living Wall at sea; digital filmmaking education on every voyage, in partnership withUSC’s\u00a0School of Cinematic Arts; and a\u00a0$15 million\u00a0Extreme Makeover of Crystal Symphony’s Avenue Saloon, Palm Court, Galaxy Lounge, Hollywood Theatre, Bridge Lounge, passenger boarding area, and Fantasia and Waves “junior cruisers.”\u00a0 Recently-announced additions to Crystal’s offerings include PURE allergy-friendly staterooms; Crystal Celebrations global event planning services; a new Connoisseur Beer menu; optional or inclusive land programs in Tibet,\u00a0Thailand, andCambodia; new theme cruises in 2014-15; and a\u00a0$17 million\u00a0Extreme Makeover of Crystal Serenity planned for next month.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The\u00a0Conde Nast Traveler<\/i>\u00a0Readers’ Choice Awards are among the most preeminent in travel, honoring the best hotels, airlines, cruise lines, cities, rental car companies, and islands from around the world.\u00a0 Almost twice as many readers voted this year as last — a record 79,268 — ranking their personal experiences with cruise lines’ Itineraries, Excursions, Service, Food, Activities\/Facilities, Staterooms, and Design.<\/span><\/div>\n
The renowned Crystal Experience has been rated “World’s Best” more than any other cruise line, hotel, or resort in history.\u00a0 The newest “Best” award is but the latest in a string of readers’ choice awards Crystal has won it its size category this year, including\u00a0Conde Nast Traveler<\/i>‘s #1 and #2 cruise ships,\u00a0Travel + Leisure<\/i>\u00a0magazine’s World’s Best Cruise Line and Service and Cruise Critic’s Best Dining, Entertainment, and Public Rooms.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Luxury cruises\u00a0of 5-108 days, up to early 2016, on the line’s Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, are available in the Mediterranean,\u00a0Western Europe, British Isles, Scandinavia\/Baltic &\u00a0Russia,\u00a0Africa,\u00a0Asia,\u00a0Australia,\u00a0New Zealand, South Pacific,South America, New England\/Canada, Panama Canal,\u00a0Caribbean, and a sumptuous World Cruise.\u00a0 Until\u00a0October 31, all-inclusive, value-priced “Book Now” fares start at just\u00a0$1,215\u00a0per person, double occupancy.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel agent, call 888-799-4625, or visit\u00a0www.crystalcruises.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For a record 20th\u00a0year,\u00a0Conde Nast Traveler\u00a0magazine readers have voted ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises the industry’s “Best Cruise Line” (Midsize).\u00a0 Crystal’s winning score of 94.4 is the company’s highest since 2004, second highest\u00a0ever, and highest overall score of all Small, Midsize, and Large-ship cruise lines.\u00a0 Crystal significantly outranked its luxury peers in almost all the voting categories, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}