MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is teaming up with
the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation as the
first Gold supporter of the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism
Competition.
As a Gold supporter, Carnival Corporation will donate
$40,000 a year for three years to
help sustain the premier competition in North America in the field of travel
journalism. The Foundation awards nearly $20,000 annually in prize money for outstanding
print, online and multimedia works, for travel photography and
audio and video broadcast. The Lowell Thomas contest has gained its
stature for several reasons, most notably because it does not
promote any particular destination or travel product, it is open to
all North American journalists, and it is judged independently by
the faculty at top U.S. schools of journalism who are paid for
their efforts.
"We are proud to work with the SATW Foundation to help continue
the high standards of excellence among journalists with their
ongoing coverage of the travel industry through the Lowell Thomas
Travel Journalism Competition," said Roger
Frizzell, senior vice president of corporate communications
and chief communications officer, Carnival Corporation. "We have
nine global cruise line brands and 101 ships sailing around the
world, so we have much respect for, and highly value, journalistic
story-telling of the Carnival experience. In fact, it is essential
to helping us make the Carnival product the best option for cruise
passengers."
Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise company in the world
with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines,
Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises,
Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK). Together,
these brands operate 101 ships totaling 212,000 lower berths with
eight new ships to be delivered through 2017. Carnival Corporation
also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading
tour companies in Alaska and the
Canadian Yukon. For more information, visit www.Carnival.com.
"We thank Carnival Corporation, along with our other generous
partners, for their donations, helping us to recognize and reward
excellence in travel journalism," said David G. Molyneaux, SATW Foundation
president.
The Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition celebrated its
30th anniversary in 2014. The SATW Foundation presented
90 awards in 25 categories and nearly $20,000 in prize money in its 2014 competition.
The sustainability of the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism
Competition is supported by generous contributions from Carnival
Corporation, among other donors. Since the first competition for
work in 1984, the SATW Foundation has presented more than 2,100
awards and more than $420,000 in
recognition of outstanding travel journalism.
The awards are named for Lowell Thomas, acclaimed broadcast
journalist, prolific author and world explorer during five decades
in travel journalism. The competition is open to all North American
journalists.
Winners of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition are
announced at the SATW Annual Convention.
For more information about the Foundation or awards, contact
Mary Lu Abbott at
marylua@satwf.com. Visit the Foundation's website:
http://www.satwf.com/, find it on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/SATWFoundation and follow on Twitter via
@SATWFoundation. For information about SATW, visit
www.satw.org.
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SOURCE Carnival Corporation; Society of American Travel
Writers