Ship of the First Quarter 2010 and Gold for Ocean Village

Triumph again for Ocean Village as she swept a Gold award off the table in the rewards for ship of the first quarter of 2010.

The competition was hard as the choice was made between all of the ships within the P&O fleet and the competition is set to hot up and get even harder as Cunard enter the frame as of the second quarter 2010.

We were awarded the Gold award and received £500 to spend on the ship’s company. One of our criteria, amongst a host of others, was that we had continued to deliver an outstanding performance based on the results as seen from the Customer Service Questionnaires and achieved the highest and most consistent scores for the period.

A heartfelt thank-you goes out to any past, present and repeat passengers who contributed to this result! Keep giving us a “Great”!

In order that all crew could benefit, it was again decided to hold another lunchtime crew barbecue on our day at sea on Friday the 4th of June as we sailed up to the start of our passage through the Dardanelles on our way to Istanbul. It’s always a difficult decision what to do with gifted funds but I think all enjoyed the few beers, wine or soft drinks and the respite from busy work schedules in the company of fellow colleagues.

Once again the celebrity chefs from “Chefs ‘r’ Us” were out in force to ensure quality standards were kept up ……..

Michael Lobban, Hotel Director