Carnival’s Adolfo Perez Takes Home CLIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
byDaniel McCarthy/
嘉年华邮轮公司全球销售和贸易营销高级副总裁Adolfo Perez是今年获得Cruise Lines International Association(CLIA)终身成就奖的获得者。
该奖项是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.”
该奖项是佩雷斯(Perez)的长期来临,他今年在公司庆祝50岁生日的同时将在狂欢节上获得40年的标志。佩雷斯(Perez)是许多狂欢节高管之一,他们在狂欢节传奇人物的脚步之后,包括创始人泰德·阿里森(Ted Arison),米奇·阿里森(Micky Arison)和鲍勃·迪金森(Bob Dickinson)。
In an interview with TMR Perez reflected on those four decades with Carnival and the achievement.
他说:“我很难想象像泰德·阿里森(Ted Arison),鲍勃(Bob),维基(Vicki Freed)这样的舞台。”“与这项业务的偶像处于同一阶段,使我对此进行情感思考。”
佩雷斯(Perez)在狂欢节(Carnival)的整个职业第一次聘为登船代理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.
他补充说,他在旅行贸易中的工作以及狂欢节与顾问和机构的关系不断增长,这是他最自豪的事情。
“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.”
“归根结底,我没有做任何事情。我得到了克里斯汀·达菲(Christine Duffy),老板肯(Ken)以及团队,BDM的支持,与狂欢节(Carnival)在战es中的人们获得了支持。对我来说,这是他们的奖项。”
“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.