Travel Weekly named Royal Caribbean the Best Cruise Line Overall in its 2013 Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards. Royal Caribbean picked up numerous honors, chief among them best Best Cruise Line Overall.
In addition, Royal Caribbean won the following four awards:
- Best in Sales and Service (sixth consecutive year)
- Best Domestic Cruise Line
- Best Cruise Line in the Caribbean
- Best Overall Individual Cruise Ship: Allure of the Seas
Winners were determined first by Travel Weekly readers who wrote in names of companies they believed best exemplified a particular category. The leader vote getters were selected from the bunch and voting on finalists took place this fall.
Vicki Freed, senior vice president of Sales, Trade Support and Services for Royal Caribbean, commented on the awards, "We are extremely honored to be voted Best Cruise Line Overall by travel agents for as long as the Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards have been held. We also thank our valued travel agent partners for naming Royal Caribbean as the Best in Sales and Service for a sixth consecutive year, reaffirming our ongoing Loyal to You Always! commitment to the travel agent community. Travel agents play an important role in delivering unforgettable vacations and Royal Caribbean is proud to support them in every way."