Cruiseabout Nelson Take Home Top Honours at Retail Awards

Cruiseabout Nelson Take Home Top Honours at Retail Awards

• Cruiseabout NZ are celebrating after Cruiseabout Nelson received top accolades at the esteemed Retail NZ Top Shop (upper South Island) awards

• The best shops from the upper South Island were named at the Retail NZ Top Shop awards ceremony at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch, with Cruiseabout Nelson taking out the runner up award for national/multi-store Top Shop.

“We’re so happy to have won this award, it’s such an amazing feeling and it’s just made us that more hungry to exceed the service we provide, it’s really raised the bar for us,” says local Amanda Cuff, Cruiseabout Nelson team leader (pictured).

Cruiseabout NZ brand leader, Danny Bodger (pictured), says the win is a fantastic achievement for the store and a real credit to the team.

“We are really proud of the team at Cruiseabout Nelson – Amanda Cuff, Louise Wise and Lauren Phillips - winning this award is a real testament to their hard work and commitment to their clients.”

Talked about as the fastest growing industry within travel at the moment, the demand for cruising continues to grow year on year, particularly in the South.

Mr Bodger says, “the continuing demand for cruise holidays is largely due to consumer confidence, affordability and the increasing variety of cruise ships that are coming down to New Zealands waters.”

A record 23 million passengers are expected to sail in 2015 with the Asia Pacific region currently accounting for almost 10% of the global market, making it the world’s fastest growing cruise region.

Ms Cuff says they’ve had a very busy few months at Cruiseabout Nelson with locals really taking advantage of competitive pricing.

Amanda goes on to say that current hot cruise destinations for those in Nelson include Australia, the South Pacific, the Americas and Europe.

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