{"id":20969,"date":"2013-07-04T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/crystal-cruises-wins-an-unprecedented-18th-worlds-best-award-2\/"},"modified":"2013-07-04T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T09:31:00","slug":"crystal-cruises-wins-an-unprecedented-18th-worlds-best-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/07\/crystal-cruises-wins-an-unprecedented-18th-worlds-best-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Cruises Wins An Unprecedented 18th World&#8217;s Best Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">For a record 18<\/span><sup style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">&nbsp;consecutive year, Crystal Cruises was voted the &#8220;World&#8217;s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line&#8221; in the&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">Travel + Leisure<\/i><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">&nbsp;2013 World&#8217;s Best Awards readers&#8217; survey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Recognized as a T+L Hall of Fame winner, Crystal is the only vacation experience \u2013 cruise line, hotel or resort \u2013 to have been voted #1 every year since the awards&#8217; inception.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crystal Cruises&#8217; 2013 World&#8217;s Best Score of 90.10 is one of the line&#8217;s highest ever scores. &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CRYSTAL CRUISES READY TO SERVE\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-388683\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LA42082-300x199.jpg\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LA42082-300x199.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"240\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Thousands of jet-setting readers rated cruise lines on service, itineraries\/destinations, activities, accommodations, food, and value, culminating in the overall score, which is published at&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worldsbest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/worldsbest\" target=\"_blank\">www.travelandleisure.com\/worldsbest<\/a>&nbsp;and in the magazine&#8217;s August issue.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&#8220;To win this prestigious award once is a tremendous honor.&nbsp; To win this award for 18 years is humbling &#8212; a testament to the passionate dedication, professionalism, and creativity of our extraordinary staff,&#8221; says Crystal Cruises President&nbsp;Gregg Michel.&nbsp; &#8220;Never resting on our laurels, each year we thoughtfully refine our Crystal experience with new entertainment choices, design enhancements, culinary attractions and shore-side options.&nbsp; Consistent throughout is authentically warm service, exceptional quality, superior choices and unwavering attention to detail.&nbsp; We are inspired to continuously improve our service to each discriminating guest.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Innovative features like restaurants with cuisine by&nbsp;Nobu Matsuhisa, ultimate wine experiences, tech concierges, and over-the-top Crystal Adventures in all seven continents distinguish the Crystal experience.&nbsp; In recent years, Crystal has invested more than&nbsp;$100 million&nbsp;in the Extreme Ship Makeovers of its luxurious and spacious ships, added a broad menu of all-inclusive fine wines and premium spirits, introduced one-of-a-kind boutique excursions, debuted several dazzling new shows and launched an intimate professional Magic Castle at Sea performance series on every cruise.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity sail on worldwide itineraries of seven to 100+ days. Shorter new &#8220;Getaways&#8221; enable time-strapped travelers to enjoy Crystal Cruises for as little as five days.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Further attesting to the consistency of its ratings, Crystal Cruises was voted top in its category by the readers of&nbsp;<i>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/i>&nbsp;magazine for a record 19 years, as well as numerous distinguished consumer, travel agent and media polls and environmental awards worldwide.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">For more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel agent, call 888-799-4625, or visit&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalcruises.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalcruises.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.crystalcruises.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a record 18th&nbsp;consecutive year, Crystal Cruises was voted the &#8220;World&#8217;s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line&#8221; in the&nbsp;Travel + Leisure&nbsp;2013 World&#8217;s Best Awards readers&#8217; survey.&nbsp; Recognized as a T+L Hall of Fame winner, Crystal is the only vacation experience \u2013 cruise line, hotel or resort \u2013 to have been voted #1 every year since the awards&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/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-20969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20969","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=20969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}