Princess Cruises Named Best Cruise Line for Alaska Sailings as Part of 2022 TravelAge West WAVE Awards
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (July 6, 2022) – Princess Cruises was honored with the 2022 WAVE Award in the category of Best Cruise Line for Alaska Sailings for the third time on June 9 in Marina del Rey, California as part of the TravelAge West WAVE (Western Advisor’s Votes of Excellence) Awards.
As part of the WAVE Awards, readers of TravelAge West recognized companies, individuals and destinations in categories that spanned the cruise, tour operator, airline, hotel and resort, destination, rail vacation and travel insurance travel fields. The annual awards give travel advisors in the Western U.S. the opportunity to recognize the outstanding qualities and services of their travel supplier partners.
Princess Cruises’ 2022 and 2023 Alaska seasons include six MedallionClass ships, with Discovery Princess – the newest ship in the Princess fleet – marking her inaugural season as the youngest ship in Alaska this year. Four west coast home ports – Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., Anchorage (Whittier) and San Francisco – make traveling to Alaska convenient.
The 2023 Alaska cruises and cruisetours season includes 145 departures, 14 unique itineraries and five glacier viewing experiences. These offerings include Voyage of the Glaciers, which gives guests the chance to experience Alaska’s top-two attractions – Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park – by choosing from 24 cruisetour itineraries, ranging from three to 10 nights on land, before or after the cruise.
Princess continues to enhance the award-winning North to Alaska program, bringing local Alaskans, culture, and fresh seafood on board and ashore to immerse guests in all things Alaska. From Cook My Catch to Puppies in the Piazza, to mountain climbers, new offerings for 2022 include:
“Wild for Alaska Seafood” - this industry-first, location-based seafood initiative features an extensive menu rotation of fresh Alaska seafood dishes, along with destination-inspired cocktails including flights of Alaska spirits sourced from local distilleries—inventive cocktails such as “Creamy Cinnamon Moonshine,” “Glacial chilled Martinis,” and hand-picked, premium wine pairings to go with Alaska seafood dishes.
Professor Amy Butcher - award-winning author of “Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Highway in America” and featured on NPR, BBC and in the Washington Post. Butcher will share her story of how she found meaning, strength and friendship when she joined the nation’s only female ice road trucker through the Alaska wilderness.
Tom Kizzia - renowned Alaskan author, and journalist, including “Pilgrim’s Wilderness – A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier.” His work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times. Kizzia reveals his passion for the Great Land through his local experiences as a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News and resident of Homer, Alaska.
TravelAge West will feature WAVE Awards coverage in the July 11 issue.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel advisor, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS (1-800-774-6237), or by visiting the company's website at http://www.princess.com/.
