Greece: MINOAN LINES Gets Corporate Superbrand Award

At a premier award ceremony that was held at the Athens Hilton Hotel on April 2nd, 2012, MINOAN LINES, a proud member of the Grimaldi Group, was accorded the prestigious recognition of excellence “Corporate Superbrand” award. MINOAN LINES has been proclaimed as the ferry/shipping company with the best corporate brand in the Greek passenger shipping sector for 2011/2012 by the esteemed international institution “Corporate Superbrands Greece”.

This distinction is of great significance and represents a great honor for our company given the respected reputation and high profile of the said institution, which takes place every two years in Greece; it is considered an exceptional recognition given the high competition in the respective sector.

MINOAN LINES has been proclaimed among 2.000 candidate leading brands in Greece and garnered one of the highest scores amongst the final assortment of ten exceptional brands from various industries. MINOAN LINES is the ONLY company to be granted the “First Place of Excellence” in the Greek shipping sector this year.

On behalf of MINOAN LINES Board of Directors, the award was received by the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Antonis Maniadakis.

Commenting on this honorable distinction, Mr Antonis Maniadakis, stated: “It is truly a great honor, another great achievement for our company. I would like to thank you all for this eminent recognition. We are particularly grateful and indebted to: i) Our valued and loyal passengers for the amazing confidence and trust they continue to show us by choosing to travel with Minoan Lines high tech, state of the art cruise ferries on the domestic and international routes that the company operates, ii) Our dedicated cargo associates for their on-going support and commitment to our firm during all those years, iii) Our channel partners in Greece and in Europe for their recognition of our company’s high quality standards and innovative business practices, who constantly strive to promote our services and corporate brand name worldwide. Finally, the ambassadors of Minoan Lines are, first and foremost, its staff. We are privileged to have such well trained and experienced personnel on land and at sea, which I personally thank for its professionalism, for this wonderful journey that continues to go far ahead for almost forty years now, ensuring Minoan Lines position, as the leading company in the Greek passenger ferry shipping sector”.

The premier branding celebration was attended by members of the Board of Directors and executives of MINOAN LINES.

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Source: MINOAN LINES, April 5, 2012