INTERVAL TRAVEL EARNS CELEBRITY CRUISES ELITE STATUS
Miami, FL, February 17, 2009 – Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services, announced that Interval Travel has earned Celebrity Cruises Elite status for its 2008 sales results. The prestigious award, Celebrity’s highest level of recognition, is held by the cruise lines’ top 100 travel partners who exemplify excellence in sales and outstanding support of the cruise industry.
“We’re very pleased to receive this honor from Celebrity Cruises and look forward to continuing to work with them to offer our members the upscale cruise experiences that Celebrity is renowned for delivering,” said Raul Estrada, vice president of U.S. member services for Interval International. “I commend our cruise team for the hard work and superlative customer service that is recognized by this award.”
"Interval is a longtime partner of ours, and we are thrilled to see them achieve the Elite level," said Dondra Ritzenthaler, senior vice president of sales, Celebrity Cruises. "We congratulate the Interval team on delivering such consistently successful results, and look forward to a long and continued relationship with them."
In response to members’ interest in cruising, the Interval Travel Cruise department has been operating since 1997 to provide services to North American consumer member families. Interval Travel is a Cruise Lines International Association Booking Agency or “CLIA” certified.
About Interval International
Interval International operates membership programs for vacation owners and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market for more than 30 years. Today, Interval has a network of over 2,400 resorts in more than 75 countries and offers its resort clients and approximately 2 million member families high-quality products and programs through 26 offices in 16 countries. Interval is an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to the vacation industry.
About Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise experiences with highly personalized service, exceptional dining, and extraordinary attention to detail. Celebrity sails in Alaska, Australia/New Zealand, California, Canada/New England, the Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal and South America. The line also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Canada, Europe and Australia through its cruise tour affiliate. Noted for "The Top Cruise Ships in the World," as voted by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler (February 2008 readers’ poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and a fourth Solstice-class ship in 2011. For more information, call your travel agent, dial 1-800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com. And for more information about Celebrity Solstice, visit www.cruisecelebritysolstice.com.
