FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CruCon Cruise Outlet Named as “Most Outstanding Provider of Cruise Deals”
at the 2008 Travelzoo Awards
Moultonborough,
NH- 10 April 2008 – CruCon Cruise Outlet has been
named “Most Outstanding Provider of Cruise Deals by an Agency” at the 2008
Travelzoo Awards™.
Travelzoo
(NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, last night revealed the 2008
Travelzoo Award winners at a gala award ceremony in Chicago. The
Travelzoo Awards, also known as ‘The Tzoos’, celebrate the companies behind the
best deals in 20 categories, including airlines, hotels, vacation companies,
cruise agencies, cruise lines, shows & events, car rentals and
destinations.
“Everyday
the travel industry inspires millions of people to escape their daily lives and
explore new places,” said C.J. Kettler, president North America,
Travelzoo. “It is such an honor for us to recognize the companies that
are the best at not only inspiring travelers, but creating deals that make
travel accessible, affordable and easy to book. All 20 of our Tzoo Award
winners are leaders in this industry.”
Travelzoo’s deal experts evaluated
more than 67,000 deals to determine the companies behind the best deals in each
of the 20 categories. Seventy-three companies were honored at the Tzoo
Awards.
More than 170 travel industry
executives from 110 companies attended the Travelzoo Awards gala ceremony held
last night at the Fairmont Chicago. The event took place during the
TravelCom conference, which attracts more than 1,000 travel industry
professionals and media.
In order to determine the 2008
Travelzoo Award Finalists Travelzoo’s deal experts evaluated over 67,000 deals
researched in 2007 on the following 5-point system:
1.
Reliability: The Test
Booking Center™ performed over 100,000 verifications on deals published by
Travelzoo in 2007. The Test Booking Center validates both online and
offline qualifications including availability, accuracy of information
published and ease of booking. When tested for this level of reliability,
the deals provided by Finalist companies, met all the requirements of the
testing process and scored in the 90th percentile or higher.
2. Appeal: Of the 244,500 user ratings collected by Travelzoo
in 2007, Finalist companies consistently achieved user rating scores of between
4.5 and the highest score of 6.
3.
Competitiveness: Travelzoo
Award Finalists offered competitive travel deals that were considered
outstanding compared to similar offerings in the marketplace. Qualitative
user feedback indicated Finalist companies regularly developed deals that
inspired Travelzoo users to book trips they did not otherwise plan on
taking. Additionally, proprietary campaign performance data sourced
directly from Travelzoo advertising partners was evaluated to determine the
level of consumer appeal.
4.
Consistency: All
companies consistently provided Travelzoo users with exceptional offers
throughout the past year that inspired incremental travel, based on both
qualitative and quantitative user feedback.
5.
Quality: Travelzoo’s
40 deal experts regularly consult with more than 900 travel companies around
the world to uncover the best deals. All deal experts were surveyed for
their nominations in 20 categories to arrive at preliminary
nominations. The Travelzoo Awards Committee, comprised of 10 senior deal
experts, studied Finalist companies determined by this survey, and with the
data points listed above, determined the winners in 20 categories.
CruCon Cruise Outlet’s President, Sandra Cleary accepted
the award for the company. “We are truly honored to receive this award and
receive such high ratings from Travelzoo’s 12 Million subscribers. Our team will strive to continue
bringing you exceptional cruise deals
while maintaining our high customer service standards to support you once you
have booked with us.”
About Travelzoo
Travelzoo
is a global Internet media company. Travelzoo's media properties, which
reach more than 12 million travel enthusiasts in the U.S., Canada, China,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and the U.K., include the Travelzoo®
Web site (www.travelzoo.com), the Top 20® e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash™
e-mail alert service and SuperSearch™, a travel search engine. Travelzoo
publishes offers from more than 900 advertisers. Travelzoo's deal experts
review each offer to find the best travel deals and confirm their true
value. Travelzoo is headquartered in New York City.
