Christian Boell, Managing Director EMEA, Norwegian Cruise Line collecting the award Sep 14, 2016 14:34 CEST Norwegian Cruise Line named “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” for Ninth Consecutive Year - Winner of Europe’s Responsible Tourism Award for the second year in a row - - Mandara Spa® at Norwegian Cruise Line named World’s Best Cruise Spa - Norwegian Cruise Line has been named “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” for the ninth consecutive year by the World Travel Awards, as well as receiving “Europe’s Responsible Tourism” and the “World’s Best Cruise Spa” award. The annual awards, held on 4 September 2016 in Sardinia, Italy, recognise travel companies for delivering an outstanding customer experience and are voted for by travel agents and consumers worldwide. Norwegian, which has been honoured with the “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” accolade since 2008, has deployed four vessels in Europe this summer for the fifth consecutive year, including year-round cruises in the Mediterranean. Norwegian will continue its commitment to Europe in 2017 with further growth in the continent, deploying five ships in Europe to mark a ground- breaking year for the Line. The expanded fleet with new itineraries includes Norwegian Jade, who will sail a series of cruises from Southampton, and Norwegian Getaway, which returns to Europe for the first time since her inaugural celebrations in 2014. “Winning the Europe’s Leading Cruise Line award for the ninth year in a row is an exceptional achievement and is a credit to both the team and the itineraries we offer,” said Christian Boell, Managing Director EMEA, Norwegian Cruise Line, who picked up the award in the gala ceremony. “We look forward to be offering even more variety in Europe next year so guests can continue to experience the brand’s free and flexible way of cruising.” Highlights of the 2017 summer programme are the new Northern Europe sailings out of Southampton and Hamburg, among those a nine-night sailing with Norwegian Jade to the Norwegian Fjords from Southampton (UK) or Hamburg (Germany) with stops in Skjolden; Olden, Norway; Alesund, Norway and Bergen, Norway. Norwegian Getaway will return to Europe, sailing nine- night Baltics Capitals from Copenhagen (Denmark) or Warnemünde (Germany)travelling to Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersburg, Russia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden. Norwegian Epic will continue her guest favourite seven-night Western Mediterranean from Barcelona or Civitavecchia (Rome), travelling to Naples; Civitavecchia (Rome); Livorno (Florence / Pisa), Italy; Cannes, France and new, Palma (Majorca), Spain. Norwegian Spirit will redeploy to her new seasonal homeport of Civitavecchia (Rome) in early May and sail a series of different 10- and 11-night cruises including stops in smaller ports such as Cagliari in Sardinia, Palma de Majorca, Koper or Malta as well as three new 11-night Holy Land itineraries with an overnight in Haifa while Norwegian Star will take over the 7-night cruises to the Adriatic and Greek Isles from Venice. About Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line is the innovator in cruise travel with a 49-year history of breaking the boundaries of traditional cruising. Most notably, Norwegian revolutionised the cruise industry by offering guests the freedom and flexibility to design their ideal cruise holiday on their schedule. Today, Norwegian invites guests to “Feel Free” to explore the world on one of 14 purpose-built ships, providing guests the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed, resort style cruise holiday on some of the newest and most contemporary ships at sea. Recently, the line was named “Europe’s Leading Cruise Line” for the ninth consecutive year, as well as “Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Line” for the third time and “World’s Leading Large Ship Cruise Line” for the fourth straight year by the World Travel Awards. High resolution, downloadable images are available at www.ncl.eu/news Further information and bookings in travel agencies or at: NCL (Bahamas) Ltd., Wiesbaden Office Continental Europe Branch Kreuzberger Ring 68, 65205 Wiesbaden, Germany From Sweden: Tel: +46 8 403 087 02 From other European countries (toll-free from landline): Tel.: 00800 03 10 21 21; Fax: 00800 03 10 21 22 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ncl.eu.