2 local tour companies clinch Princess Cruise Awards

Two companies involved in the tourism industry were honored by a major cruise line this morning. Both Bacab Eco Tours and Chukka Tours were cited by Princess Cruise Lines for the high end service they offer for the Horseback Safari Ride and for the Xunantunich Maya Ruin Marimba Tour. Duane Moody was on the Princess for the ceremony.

Duane Moody, Reporting

Princess Cruise Lines along with two other ships from Carnival, docked in our port this morning on scheduled visits. Princess’s visit this time around had dual purposes—to tender its passengers to the Belizean shore for the amazing tours and to honor two tour operators for their outstanding work during the 2012-2013 cruise season.

Dana Ionescu

Dana Ionescu, Customer Service Director, Princess Cruise

“The effort made by you and your staff regarding the operational efficiency and overall quality of these tours is commendable. And princess would like to acknowledge all your efforts and dedication and passion in offering our passengers a very good experience and assist them escape completely.”

Teody Tornito

Teody Tornito, Shore Excursion Manager, Princess Cruise

“Congratulations as our Customer Service Director said for the good effort and good sales and good relation with Princess and tour operators. So that if ever we make a request and we get that reply as possible to give more satisfactory service to our passengers that want to escape completely in any of our ports. Once again, first we are going to award the low volume tour of the season to Bacab Eco Park. So this company is selected by Princess for 2012-2013 C.R.U.I.S.E. low volume tour of the season in the port of Belize.”

The Horseback Safari Ride of Bacab Eco Park and Lunch received high ratings, positive passenger comments and tagged as an excellent value tour.

Lourdes Smith

Lourdes Smith, Marketing and Sales Manager, Bacab Eco Tours

“I want to take this opportunity to thank Princess Cruise Lines for taking on our tour and we look forward to doing a lot more tours with Princess Cruise Lines, particularly Caribbean Princess this year. And it has been a pleasure working with you all and that you promote our tours as well as you do.”

Winning the High Volume Tour of the season in the Port of Belize for the second time in a row was Chukka Tours for their Xunantunich Maya Ruin Tour.

Martha Molina

Martha Molina, Human Resources Manager, Chukka Tours

“We are extremely excited; this is the second year we won this award. And the name of this award is actually for the Xunantunich Maya Ruins Marimba Music and Lunch. First time we offered this tour and so it is really exciting to know that we came on top. We hope to continue; customer service has always been our focus and safety of course.”

After the award ceremonies, the media and awardees were given a tour of the vessel. Fourteen floors of spa, night clubs, restaurants, lobbies, shops and much more…can you say a floating fantasy. Duane Moody for News Five.