About Celestyal
Celestyal has been recognised internationally as the number one choice for travellers to the Greek Islands and Eastearn Mediterranean thanks to its regional expertise and exceptionalhospitality. The company operates two vessels, each one intimate enough to provide guests with a genuine and highly personalized experience. The foundation of the company’s philosophy is built on a unique Greek heritage which combines outstanding hospitality with genuine cultural destination immersion and provides authentic, lifetime experiences both onboard and onshore.
Guest experience on board – based on Customer Satisfaction Surveys conducted onboard – is highly rated. Guests can enjoy its renowned services from staff speaking more than five languages onboard with a crew skilled to address to all communication needs speaking the Spanish language too.
Awards
Celestyal has fast been distinguished for several of its services and its expertise with a variety of other renowned hospitality international and national awards. Indicatively, in February 2023 and 2020, Celestyal was honoured at the Cruise Excellence Awards for its “Three Continents” cruise, as the best cruise itinerary. As well as, in 2023, 2019 and 2018 received U.K. Editors’ Picks Award for Best Service by Cruise Critic, the world’s largest cruise review site and online cruise community. In February 2018 Celestyal received four Cruise Critic Cruisers’ Choice Awards: two first place awards, for Shore Excursions and Value, and two second place awards, for Service and Entertainment. In December 2022, Celestyal won a Bronze Award at the British Travel Awards in the ‘‘Best Operator for Mini Cruises’’ category.
Since 2014, Celestyal has received top honors in the Tourism Awards, one of the largest and most prestigious awards programs within the Greek tourism industry. These include 1 Platinum, 15 Gold, 10 Silver and 9 Bronze awards.
In June 2019 and 2020 respectively, Celestyal was recognised for its overall contribution and commitment to the development of the cruise industry in the Eastern Mediterranean region at the Med Cruise Awards in Genoa.
Corporate Responsibility
Deeply committed in the sustainability and ethical business practices, the company prioritizes highly the environmental protection of the visiting destinations while supporting the local communities particularly in the field of education.
Since 2015, more than 2000 students on the Greek islands of Milos, Patmos, Samos and Ios have enjoyed a ‘journey to knowledge’, by attending specialized educational programs, initiated by Celestyal. Additionally, Celestyal supports cultural NGOs to promote youth entrepreneurship, marine student development and child welfare.
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