PHOENIX will also be a frequent guest in 2013. With routine calls, for example, along the North Germ

A total passenger volume of 2.2 million throughout the 15 ports equated to a 10 percent increase compared to the previous year (2011: 2 million passengers). rent a car las vegas At the same time, the number of port calls rose from 1,120 in 2011 to 1,215 in 2012, an increase of 8.5 percent. More than 50 cruise companies position their ships along the west coast of Europe, including at the English rent a car las vegas ports of Portland and Dover.
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So now it's time to pay special homage to the cruise companies that have made a particularly significant contribution to this cruise region and for whom the ports have a particular empathy. rent a car las vegas The 'Triple A' Award this year goes to:PHOENIX Reisen GmbH Bonn.
As such, this year the award goes to a cruise rent a car las vegas company that has called at the most Atlantic Alliance ports in the past twelve months; in fact, 11 of the 15 ports, thereby demonstrating extremely broad variety.
Mr Veit Hürdler of Atlantic Alliance member Columbus Cruise rent a car las vegas Center Bremerhaven and on behalf of all 15 member ports and Mr Oliver P. Mueller, publisher of the German cruising guide, KOEHLERS GUIDE KREUZFAHRT, presented the award to Michael Schulze, cruise director at this year's winner PHOENIX Reisen GmbH.
Schulze commented that "PHOENIX is well-known for the high individual and personal cruise style with special and diversified itineraries compared to the normal rent a car las vegas mainstream. With this range of destinations, we like to surprise our guest every single time. As a German operator we are especially motivated in showing our guests rent a car las vegas the region along the Atlantic west coast, Hence, it is a great pleasure today to receive the Triple A-Award by the ports of the Atlantic Alliance.
PHOENIX will also be a frequent guest in 2013. With routine calls, for example, along the North German coast, to the UK and around rent a car las vegas western Europe, including the cruises 'Vive la France' to Cherbourg and 'World rent a car las vegas capitals from Lisbon to London', all those at Atlantic Alliance look forward to welcoming the PHOENIX Reisen GmbH ships to our ports ", stated Hürdler.
This is the second time the award has been presented, having been awarded last year to the Fred.Olsen Cruise Line (2011 winner) by the ATLANTIC ALLIANCE in cooperation with KOEHLERS GUIDE KREUZFAHRT.
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