Two Carnival Corporation & plc port projects – the Grand Turk Cruise Center (GTCC) and Puerta Maya Cruise Center in Cozumel — have been recognized for excellence by the readers of Porthole Magazine.

The Grand Turk Cruise Center earned the “Best Cruise Center” award and Puerta Maya Cruise Center “Best Comeback Port” honors based on surveys of thousands of Porthole readers.

The awards were presented earlier this week at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami convention, an annual gathering of cruise line executives, vendors and suppliers.

In the photo at left, Carnival’s Senior Vice President of Port and Destination Development Giora Israel (far left), Porthole Editor-in-Chief Bill Panoff (second from left); GTCC General Manager Mike Reimers (second from right) and Carnival’s Director of Operations and Port Development Graham Davis pose with the Grand Turk award.

In the photo at right, Carnival’s Senior Vice President of Port and Destination Development Giora Israel (far left), Porthole Editor-in-Chief Bill Panoff (second from left); Puerta Maya General Manager Alberto Uch (second from right) and Carnival’s George Abuabara Director of Port Operations are shown with the Puerta Maya award.

Carnival Cruise Lines President and CEO Gerry Cahill (right) and Porthole Magazine Editor-In-Chief Bill Panoff are shown here with a plaque listing Carnival’s nine 2008 Porthole Readers Choice.

Since the awards were established in 1999, Carnival has taken home an unprecedented 101 “Readers Choice Awards” – the most of any cruise line.

The presentation took place at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami convention, an annual gathering of top cruise line executives, vendors and suppliers.