Burt Wolf River Cruise

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Atlas Cruises & Tours has been honored with the "Top 25" award from Ensemble Travel Group, one of the travel industry’s oldest and most respected affiliated travel agency organizations. The honor was presented to less than five percent of Ensemble Travel Group’s 450+ member agencies in the United States. Selection criteria was based on members’ 2008 sales performance with Ensemble Travel Group’s preferred suppliers.

To commemorate the award, Terry Lobo, president of Atlas Cruises & Tours, and other Ensemble Travel Group top producers were special guests of the Globus family of brands on an 8-night European river cruise along the Rhine on the Avalon Tapestry. While touring the cities of Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Mainz, Rüdesheim, Koblenz, Cologne, and Amsterdam, Ensemble Travel Group’s top producers enjoyed the insights and special connections of celebrated author and TV food and travel journalist Burt Wolf. Earlier this year Ensemble Travel Group was selected by Wolf as the exclusive agency distribution channel for his 2009 cruises aboard Avalon Waterways.

Wolf delighted guests with exclusive touches throughout the cruise, such as a private lunch in a 200-year-old restaurant in Heidelberg, several wine tastings from Wolf’s favorite labels, "La Strada" classical musical concert by top performing string trio, and an array of special regional gifts.

The Globus family of brands was the primary host of the 8-night river cruise. Globus executives Paula Hayes, vice president of sales, and Larry McCarthy, director of national accounts, represented this long-term partner of Ensemble Travel Group.