Search Travel Market Report

mainlogo
www.travelmarketreport.com
  • News
  • Tours & Packages
  • Cruise
  • Hotels & Resorts
  • Destinations
  • Retail Strategies
  • Niche & Luxury
  • Well-Being Travel
  • Training & Events
  • Who We Are
    • Anne Marie Moebes
    • Brian Israel
    • Dan McCarthy
    • Denise Caiazzo
    • Marilee Crocker
    • Paul M. Ruden
    • Dori Saltzman
    • Kelly Fontenelle
Allianz

Carnival’s Adolfo Perez Takes Home CLIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award

by Daniel McCarthy / April 01, 2022
Carnival’s Adolfo Perez Takes Home CLIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Photo: Daniel McCarthy 


Adolfo Perez, the senior vice president of global sales and trade marketing at Carnival Cruise Line, is this year’s winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). 

The award, which was given last year to three individuals including Cruise Planners’ Scott Koepf, is given to “an individual who is a lifetime champion of cruise travel and has made monumental contributions to the cruise industry.” 

The award is a long-time coming for Perez, who this year is marking 40 years with Carnival at the same time the company celebrates its 50th birthday. Perez is one of a number of Carnival executives who have taken home the honor, following in the footsteps of Carnival legends including founder Ted Arison, Micky Arison, and Bob Dickinson. 

In an interview with TMR Perez reflected on those four decades with Carnival and the achievement. 

“It’s hard for me to imagine being on a stage that people like Ted Arison, Bob, Vicki Freed,” he said. “To be on the same stage as those icons of this business makes me emotional thinking about it.” 

Perez has his whole career with Carnival, first hired as an embarkation agent at PortMiami when he was a high school junior. He told TMR that the 40 years, “literally a lifetime,” he spent with Carnival allowed him to do so many things he never thought he’d get the opportunity to do.

His work with the travel trade, and growing Carnival’s relationship with advisors and agencies, is the thing he is most proud of, he added. 

“I feel like the work that I’ve done with the trade over the past 7 years is probably the best work I’ve done,” he said. “I am really proud of how quickly I was able to strengthen Carnival’s standing with agents.” 

Even with all those achievements on his resume, Perez is still humbled by the award and told TMR that “I didn’t do any of it on my own.” 

“At the end of the day, I didn’t do any of it. I got support from Christine Duffy, from my boss Ken, and from the team, the BDMs, the people that were in the trenches with Carnival. It’s an award for them as much as it is for me.” 

“I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this stuff without my team and if not for Ted Arison and Mickey and Mickey Arison,” he added. 

Perez has also had a front-row seat to how Carnival has transformed itself into a global, mega cruise company over his time with the company. Even with that growth, he told TMR that the company has remained family to him over the years. 

“At the end of the day, it never stops feeling like a family. I feel like I have access to people that have always made me feel part of the family. You might not necessarily get that experience in a lot of other places,” he said. 

Both Christine Duffy and Arnold Donald, two other Carnival luminaries, added their praise for Perez. 

“Adolfo epitomizes the essence of partnership and support to our travel partners, and he has enhanced the impact our company has in continuing to deliver memorable vacations to all,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival Cruise Line president.  

“Adolfo has been an integral part of Carnival’s success and the growth and success of the global cruise industry for 40 years. We are proud to join with all our partners and friends in the industry to recognize and celebrate Adolfo on his incredible career – and no doubt there is more success to come,” said Arnold Donald, President and CEO of Carnival Corp.

  6
  0
Allianz
Related Articles
Carnival Cruise Line to Launch COSTA by Carnival
Carnival Offers Travel Advisors ShoreEx Booking Promotion
Costa Luminosa Will Transfer to Carnival Cruise Line in Fall 2022
Carnival Cruise Line Reveals Last Zone on Its New Ship Carnival Celebration
Carnival Cruise Line Rolls Out Menu Mate Ingredient Program
Carnival Freedom Fire Destroys Funnel, Results in Multiple Cancellations
Carnival Reopens At-Sea Wedding Program
Carnival Breaks Ground on New Cruise Port Destination on Grand Bahama Island
Carnival Cruise Line Gets Entire Fleet Back to Guest Operations
Carnival Showcases 50 Years of History at Golden Jubilee Bar On Carnival Celebration

MOST VIEWED

Brought To You By
  1. A&K Purchases Crystal Ships, Revives Crystal Cruises Brand
  2. CDC Adds Three Caribbean Destinations to “High-Risk” COVID-19 List
  3. Travel to Italy Is Officially Back to Normal
  4. Viking Drops Onboard & Pre-Cruise COVID-19 Testing
  5. Three Cruise Lines Bring Masks Back in Alaska
  6. How Travel Advisors Can Cope With Chaos in Air Travel

MOST EMAILED

Brought To You By
  1. Travel to Italy Is Officially Back to Normal
  2. Report: U.S. to End COVID-19 Air Travel Testing Requirement
  3. A&K Purchases Crystal Ships, Revives Crystal Cruises Brand
  4. Japan Could Boot Tourists Who Disobey COVID-19 Rules
  5. Viking Drops Onboard & Pre-Cruise COVID-19 Testing
  6. Bahamas Eliminates Travel Health Visa, But COVID Test Requirement Remains
Allianz
TMR Subscription

Subscribe today to receive daily in-depth coverage, analysis of industry news, trends and issues that affect how you do business. Subscribe now for free.

Subscribe to TMR

Top Stories
Carnival Cruise Line to Launch COSTA by Carnival
Carnival Cruise Line to Launch COSTA by Carnival

Carnival Cruise Line is teaming up with Costa Cruises to deliver a new concept for North American cruisers. 

Read...
MSC Cruises Adds Group Booking Incentives
MSC Cruises Adds Group Booking Incentives

U.S.-based advisors can earn additional amenity points and tour conductor credits on new group bookings through the end of August. 

Read...
A&K Purchases Crystal Ships, Revives Crystal Cruises Brand
A&K Purchases Crystal Ships, Revives Crystal Cruises Brand

The two Crystal Cruises ships will return to service under the Crystal Cruises brand in 2023. 

Read...
Windstar Celebrates 35 Years in Tahiti, Expands Presence in French Polynesia
Windstar Celebrates 35 Years in Tahiti, Expands Presence in French Polynesia

Starting in October, Windstar will sail two ships year-round in the region. 

Read...
Lindblad Adds Early-Season Antarctica Sailings with Free Air
Lindblad Adds Early-Season Antarctica Sailings with Free Air

Four early-season Antarctica region sailings give cruisers a look at the White Continent at a time few ever see it. 

Read...
Carnival Offers Travel Advisors ShoreEx Booking Promotion
Carnival Offers Travel Advisors ShoreEx Booking Promotion

Advisors can earn bonus Loyalty Rocks! Rewards Program points for every excursion they book on behalf of their clients through Aug. 31.

Read...
TMR OUTLOOKS & WHITE PAPERS
CP White Paper
Multi-Gen Outlook
Distribution Outlook (1)
New to Cruise Outlook
Expedition 2020
River Cruise Outlook 2019
View All
Advertiser's Voice
https://img.youtube.com/vi/QTPIinGDcIY/0.jpg
Video: Can Booking Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Groups Be Profitable for Advisors?
About Travel Market Report Mission Editorial Staff Advisory Board Advertise
TMR Resources Webinars Calendar of Events
Subscribe to TMR
Select Language
Do You Have an Idea Email
editor@travelmarketreport.com
Give Us a Call
1-(516) 730-3097
Drop Us a Note
Travel Market Report
71 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
News|Leisure Travel|Land Vacations|Cruise|Canada Retail Strategies|Well-Being|Luxury|Training
© 2005 - 2022 Travel Market Report, an American Marketing Group Inc. Company All Rights Reserved | 243 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY, 11771 USA | Telephone (516) 730-3097| Terms and Conditions
Cookie Policy Privacy Policy