On behalf of everyone at Direct Line Cruises, we would like to congratulate Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises who virtually dominated the 2009 Travel Weekly "Readers Choice Awards".

Exceeding last year's incredible success, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises won a total of seven awards out of ten categories for which they were eligible, including:

Best Caribbean Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International

Best Premium Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises

Best Premium Cruise Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Best New Cruise Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Best Overall Cruise Ship: Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas

Best Overall Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International

Best Cruise Line Sales & Service: Royal Caribbean International

Accepting the awards were Dondra Ritzenthaler (Senior Vice President of Sales for Celebrity Cruises), Vicki Freed (Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Royal Caribbean International), Ken Muskat (Vice President of Sales for Royal Caribbean International) and Joanne Schimelman (Vice President of National Accounts for Royal Caribbean International).

Once again, congratulations to Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises for being so overwhelmingly recognized by the entire travel agent community (and their clients) two years in a row.

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