INTERVAL TRAVEL EARNS CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES’
PINNACLE AWARD FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Miami, FL, August 17, 2009 – Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services, announced that Interval Travel has received Carnival Cruise Lines’ renowned Pinnacle Award. This tribute is given only to those top-tier travel agencies that exhibit excellence in promoting the “Fun Ship” cruise experience, demonstrate exceptional professionalism, and provide outstanding support of the Carnival product.
“We’re very proud to receive this honor, because it acknowledges our cruise advisors’ dedication and outstanding performance,” said Raul Estrada, senior vice president of Global Member Services for Interval International. “We work hard every day to deliver great customer service, as well as to offer our member families a variety of high-quality vacation experiences, including Carnival’s ‘Fun Ship’ cruises.”
“Travel agents are a critical component of our distribution system, which is why we created the ‘Pinnacle Club’ to recognize those agencies such as Interval Travel that are truly experts in their field and exhibit the highest levels of professionalism,” said Joni Rein, Carnival’s vice president of worldwide sales.
To commemorate this achievement, the staff of Interval Travel’s Cruise department was presented with a stylized gemstone globe, which is on display at the company’s Member-Services Center in Miami.
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 33 years. Today, Interval has a network of approximately 2,500 resorts in more than 75 countries and offers its resort clients and about 2 million member families high-quality products and programs through offices in 26 cities 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.
