{"id":14649,"date":"2012-10-10T01:09:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T08:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2012-10-10T01:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T08:09:46","slug":"wednesday-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=14649","title":{"rendered":"Travel Awards in Homestretch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Travel Awards<\/em> — the self-proclaimed "Oscars of the travel industry" — are given out every year….yes, just like the Oscars. They make for interesting reading, nodding or head-shaking and good advertising for the winners.<\/p>\n

Since cruising is travel, a few categories are devoted to this popular and expanding niche of the travel business.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Before enticing you to nod or shake your head, first you should know how the WTA<\/a> works. All year, regional winners are announced in gala ceremonies for Africa, the Caribbean, Central America (including Mexico), Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America and Asia, Australasia and the Indian Ocean, for a myriad of categories.<\/p>\n

The European winners were announced last weekend, and the last regional (Asia and Australasia) is scheduled for October 18th.<\/p>\n

The Grand Final (i.e. Oscar Night) is December 12th in New Delhi, India.<\/p>\n

Here are the cruise category finalists so far…<\/p>\n

Cruise Line
\n\tAfrica:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean<\/a>
\n\tCaribbean:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean
\n\tEurope:<\/strong> Norwegian<\/a>
\n\tMiddle East:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean
\n\tNorth America:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean
\n\tSouth America:<\/strong> Regent Seven Seas<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruise Port
\n\tCaribbean:<\/strong> Ocho Rios<\/a>, Jamaica
\n\tEurope:<\/strong> Copenhagen<\/a>
\n\tMexico and Central America:<\/strong> Panama
\n\tMiddle East:<\/strong> Dubai<\/a>
\n\tNorth America:<\/strong> Miami<\/a>
\n\tSouth America:<\/strong> Rio de Janeiro<\/a>, Brazil<\/p>\n

Cruise Destination
\n\tCaribbean:<\/strong> Jamaica
\n\tEurope:<\/strong> Izmir, Turkey
\n\tMexico and Central America:<\/strong> Cancun<\/a><\/p>\n

Experienced cruisers may find a few surprises on the list, but the one that jumped out at us was Europe's favorite cruise destination.<\/p>\n

Izmir, Turkey?<\/p>\n

\"\"
\n\tCoral Princess<\/a>
\n\t14 nights
\n\tDecember 15, 2012
\n\tLos Angeles<\/a>: Puntarenas, Fuerte Amador, Panama Canal<\/a>, Cartagena, Aruba<\/a>, Fort Lauderdale<\/a>
\n\tInside: $1,005
\n\tCost per day: $99<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The World Travel Awards — the self-proclaimed "Oscars of the travel industry" — are given out every year….yes, just like the Oscars. They make for interesting reading, nodding or head-shaking and good advertising for the winners. Since cruising is travel, a few categories are devoted to this popular and expanding niche of the travel business.… Continue reading Travel Awards in Homestretch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[343,912,72,35,79,64],"class_list":["post-14649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-coral-princess","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-panama-canal","tag-princess-cruise","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}