April 12 2016, 17.44 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Award recognises TIRUN as India’s premier cruise counsellor and highlights its achievement for pioneering & popularising luxury cruise travel in the country
TIRUN Travel Marketing, the exclusive India representative of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, has been felicitated yet again for being the pioneer and a veritable evangelist for luxury cruise vacations in the country. The ICONIC Awards 2016, organised by Red Hat Communications, awarded TIRUN Travel Marketing for its excellence in marketing and selling luxury cruises, further cementing the brand’s market leadership position in India as the premier cruise counsellor. With a portfolio of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ three cruise brands including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, TIRUN has played a highly critical role in enhancing awareness about cruise holidays in the country over the last 23 years.
Further, the award celebrates the resplendent experiences and memorable vacations that TIRUN Travel Marketing facilitates for Indian travellers. TIRUN’s experienced and highly qualified team provides the requisite guidance for cruise travel and undertakes exclusive marketing and sales for the various brands of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The brand has steadily consolidated its leadership position in the travel industry with a strong network of tour operators and retail travel agents. Apart from investing in customer centric-initiatives, TIRUN periodically introduces activities and procedures that help build and grow the business for its key channel partners around the country.
Speaking on the award, TIRUN Travel Marketing, Chief Executive, Mrs. Ratna Chadha said, “We are pleased at the honour of receiving the ICONIC Award. TIRUN entered the space of cruise travel at a time when the industry was at its most inchoate stage in India. It’s heartening for us to see our efforts of over two decades bear fruit today. Cruises are fast becoming a preferred holiday options for Indians and we are thrilled to know that we’ve played a part in this evolution. This award gives us impetus to constantly push the envelope of innovation in this segment and drives us to further augment the consumer propensity to embrace cruise vacations.”
Over the years, TIRUN Travel Marketing has also conducted several MICE activities for companies across different sectors such as Cement, Paints, Home Appliances, Electronics, Auto, Financial, Pharma, Lights, Designer Watches & Jewelery, Insurance and more. It had its first full-ship charter in 2008 when over 1500 guests celebrated success on board a Royal Caribbean ship for 6 nights in the Mediterranean. TIRUN has also popularised the concept of cruise weddings in India, again hosting the first in 2009. This year, TIRUN has part chartered the Voyager of the Seas, a 4000 odd passenger capacity ship from Royal Caribbean International to sail from Singapore in May, coinciding with the Indian peak summer travel season.
The ICONIC Awards are the premiere event of Red Hat Communications organised with the Outlook Group as the national media partner and Wonderlust as the travel media partner. The event is a unique initiative that aspires to bring together luxury, travel and hospitality on a common platform and seeks to recognise and reward excellence in these fields.