Worldwide first initiated their annual gathering back in 2003 intending it to be a small token of appreciation for the cooperation and hard work contributed by our suppliers staff, in particular the back-room guy’s and girls who manage the programming for our groups and charters.

The event proved to be a popular social gathering for many in the industry.  The success encouraged Worldwide to also extend invitations to management and to clients whose programs had sailed during the year thus give both clients and cruise line staff the opportunity to meet the folks for who they had worked so diligently for throughout the year.

The following year Worldwide decided to start honoring both clients and industry staff Worldwide felt had gone “above and beyond over the course of the year

Both Worldwide’s Sales and Cruise Co-ordination Departments are tasked with reviewing the programs they had worked on over the year and propose a short list of possible recipients.  This list is then voted on to arrive at the one, or occasionally two people that Worldwide fee are the standouts from what always proves to be a strong list of contenders.

This year was no exception, Finally it was decided that the eight week $10M charter signed with Silverseas Cruise for the Rio Summer Olympics was the stand out  from a number of erstwhile contenders for the “Top Corporate and Incentive Cruise Partner for 2015”

Worldwide also acknowledged – The JoCo Team, who have continually increased their passenger numbers to the point where their annual program is now big enough to go for a full ship charter.

Congratulations to both this year’s winners.

The Gathering was as always well attended with over sixty happy party goes turning out for one of the Holiday Season's early parties, held once again at the Bloss's residence.